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I like Navruz.
Textbook: p. 78
GoalHolidays and dates: Navruz; saying and writing dates; “I like ... because ...”.
New words
holiday · bayramNavruz · Navro‘zNew Year · Yangi yilcelebrate · tabriklamoq
Explanation
Holidays in Uzbekistan: New Year – 1 January, Women’s Day – 8 March, Navruz – 21 March, Independence Day – 1 September, Teachers’ Day – 1 October. We write a date with numbers: 21 March, and read it: “the twenty-first of March”. Prepositions: on with a date (on 21 March), in with a month (in July). Navruz is an ancient spring holiday; many peoples celebrate it as the start of the new year. Greeting: “Happy Navruz!” Reason: “I like Navruz because we make sumalak with our neighbours.”
Worked examples
Navruz is on the twenty-first of March. Our mahalla has a big festival. We play games, wear our best clothes and give flowers to our teachers. I like Navruz because the trees are in blossom.
Independence Day is on the first of September. Teachers’ Day is on the first of October. Women’s Day is on the eighth of March.
Class activity
“Holiday calendar”: groups write the year’s holidays with dates on cards and hang them in order. One sentence about each holiday.
Practice
1
Read aloud: 21 March
the twenty-first of March
2
Make a sentence: Women’s Day – 8 March.
Women’s Day is on the eighth of March.
3
Add the preposition: ___ 1 October; ___ October.
on; in
4
Why is Navruz called the first day of spring?
It is celebrated on 21 March, when spring begins.