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Chants: Welcome back! and Units 1–2
Textbook: p. 102 (chants)
GoalChant practice: numbers (Welcome back!), “Are you good at …?” (Unit 1) and directions (Unit 2) – our own chants.
New words
chant · chant (ritmli qofiya)rhythm · ritmrepeat · takrorlamoqclap · qo‘l chapak
Explanation
On page 102 the book has chants for Welcome back!, Unit 1 and Unit 2: counting by tens, “Are you good at …?” and giving directions. We make our own chants. Rules: four beats in every line (clap them), and rhyme the last words. One group says the question and another group answers. Repeating helps us remember the language.
Worked examples
Are you good at drawing? Yes, I am! Are you good at running? Yes, I am!
Go straight, go straight, turn right at the gate!
Class activity
“Chant studio”: each group writes a four-line chant (question and answer), says it with rhythm and performs it. The class claps along.
Practice
1
Count by tens from 10 to 50.
ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty
2
Short positive answer to “Are you good at skiing?”
Yes, I am.
3
Find 2 words that rhyme with “right”.
night, light, bright
4
Finish a chant line: “Turn left at the …”
For example: Turn left at the bank!