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Test and its analysis
Textbook: pp. 91–92
GoalTest on secondary parts; Aesop’s fable “The Jackdaw and the Crows” and its analysis.
New words
jackdaw · zag‘chaarrogant · takabbursymbol, emblem · timsolto loathe · nafratlanmoq
Explanation
In the test, tasks on hol, object and attribute are done: finding the parts, determining their kind and showing the expression. The text is Aesop’s fable: a jackdaw bigger than the other jackdaws, loathing its own tribe for that reason, goes to the crows; they peck it and drive it away, and the jackdaws do not take back the arrogant bird. The moral: a person who leaves their land and prefers a foreign place finds respect neither there nor at home. In the analysis, causes are written and new titles found for the fable.
Worked examples
Titles: “The arrogant jackdaw”, “The worth of your own home”, “The bird caught in between”.
Analysis: “Zag‘cha qarg‘alar oldiga bordi” — zag‘cha: subject; bordi: predicate; qarg‘alar oldiga: compound hol of place.
Class activity
Chain of causes: groups list in order the causes of the jackdaw’s fate (arrogance → rejection → loneliness).
Practice
1
Why did the jackdaw go to the crows in the fable?
Because it considered itself superior to its tribe and loathed it.
2
Why did the crows not like the jackdaw?
Because its look and voice were alien to them.
3
Whose symbol is the jackdaw in life?
A symbol of people who leave their land and prefer a foreign one.
4
Find another title for the fable and justify it.
E.g. “The bird caught in between” — the jackdaw joined neither the crows nor its own.