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Working with a text and vocabulary
Textbook: p. 28
GoalAnalyse a text and tell vowels from consonants in words.
New words
ecology · ekologiyaprotection · muhofazasapling · ko‘chatenvironment · atrof-muhit
Explanation
In this lesson we work on a text about nature. Ecology is the science that studies the links between living things, including people, and nature. Read the text, tell its content and find unfamiliar words in the dictionary. Then analyse words by their sound make-up: find how many vowels and consonants they contain. For example, the word «daraxt» (tree) has two vowels (a, a) and four consonants (d, r, x, t). Such practice teaches us to hear and write sounds correctly.
Worked examples
Text: «Toza havo» (Clean air). Every tree cleans the air during the day. So if in spring each family plants one sapling in its yard, the environment will be clean and healthy.
«Ko‘chat» — 2 vowels (o‘, a), 3 consonants (k, ch, t). «Tabiat» (nature) — 3 vowels (a, i, a), 3 consonants (t, b, t).
Class activity
“Two baskets”: children sort words from the text into those with more vowels and those with more consonants.
Practice
1
According to the text, why is a tree useful?
It cleans the air during the day.
2
What does the word «ekologiya» mean?
The science that studies the links between living things, including people, and nature.
3
How many vowels and consonants does «havo» have?
Two vowels (a, o), two consonants (h, v).
4
Why would it be useful for every family to plant one sapling? Write your idea.
Saplings grow into trees, clean the air and give shade; the town or village becomes cleaner.