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The round beetle
Textbook: Part 1, pp. 71–73
GoalCompare the results of diligence and laziness; draw a conclusion from a story.
New words
lazy · dangasahard-working · mehnatsevarto move slowly · imillamoqconclusion · xulosa
Explanation
Work tires a person, but laziness brings even more trouble. The textbook has the story “Dum-dumaloq qo‘ng‘iz” (The round beetle) by Aziz Abdurazzoq, where a plump beetle struggles on the road and help arrives. We do not retell it; we read our own story. To draw a conclusion we ask: “What does this story teach us?”
Worked examples
“The lazy hare”. All summer the hare found ready carrots in the field, ate and slept. While his friends dug burrows and collected food for winter, he said: “There is still time.” At the end of autumn snow fell and covered him. The hare had neither strength nor a place to enter a burrow. His friends rescued him and taught him to dig together. After that the hare began to work: “Work is hard but useful,” he said.
Conclusion: work must be done on time.
Class activity
“Pick a proverb”: children find a proverb about work that fits the story and explain why.
Practice
1
What did the hare do all summer?
Ate carrots and slept.
2
What did his friends do for winter?
Dug burrows and collected food.
3
Why did the hare end up in trouble?
He did not prepare for winter.
4
How did his friends help him?
They rescued him and taught him to dig.
5
What does the story teach?
To do work on time.