*Review

1 What is our previous lesson? Define.

2. What is making inferences?

3. How do we make inferences?

The Wonder Tree: An Arabian Folktale
Group Work – Unlocking of Vocabulary
Using the picture and meaning, guess the
word being described.
Then, use each in sentence.
 CAUSING
WONDER;B
EING EXTRA
ORDINARY

M RV L
 CAUSING
WONDER;B
EING EXTRA
ORDINARY

MA R V E L O U S
 NOT ACTIVE OR NOT
IN USE

I L •

•
 NOT ACTIVE OR NOT
IN USE

I D L E •

•
 HAVING
NO PATH
OR TRACK
ON IT

T A K E S
 HAVING
NO PATH
OR TRACK
ON IT

T RA C K L E S S
 SOMETHING
FOGGY

M S Y •

•
 SOMETHING
FOGGY

M I S T Y •

•
 A
• A COLLECTION OR
COLLECTION
OR BUNCH
OF
SOMETHING

T F
 A
• A COLLECTION OR
COLLECTION
OR BUNCH
OF
SOMETHING

T U F T
Motive Question:

How do you welcome visitors at home?

Read Me!
Read and understand the Arabian
folktale with the group. Each will
be given a copy of the text.
Retell Me!
Flashing of pictures. And retell that
part of the story using your own
words.
Process Questions
1. What is a desert? Name other
countries that have desert.
FYI: Do you believe that not all
deserts are hot? And there is a
cold desert too?
Process Questions
1. What is a desert? Name other
countries that have desert.
FYI: Do you believe that not all
deserts are hot? And there is a
cold desert too?
Process Questions
1. What is a desert? Name other
countries that have desert.
FYI: Do you believe that not all
deserts are hot? And there is a
cold desert too?
Process Questions
1. What is a desert? Name other
countries that have desert.
FYI: Do you believe that not all
deserts are hot? And there is a
cold desert too?
Process Questions
1. What is a desert? Name other
countries that have desert.
FYI: Do you believe that not all
deserts are hot? And there is a
cold desert too?
Process Questions
1. What is a desert? Name other
countries that have desert.
FYI: Do you believe that not all
deserts are hot? And there is a
cold desert too?
Process Questions
1. What is a desert? Name other
countries that have desert.
FYI: Do you believe that not all
deserts are hot? And there is a
cold desert too?
Process Questions
1. What is a desert? Name other
countries that have desert.
FYI: Do you believe that not all
deserts are hot? And there is a
cold desert too?
Process Questions
1. What is a desert? Name other
countries that have desert.
FYI: Do you believe that not all
deserts are hot? And there is a
cold desert too?
Process Questions
1. What is a desert? Name other
countries that have desert.
FYI: Do you believe that not all
deserts are hot? And there is a
cold desert too?
Process Questions
1. What is a desert? Name other
countries that have desert.
FYI: Do you believe that not all
deserts are hot? And there is a
cold desert too?
Process Questions
1. What is a desert? Name other
countries that have desert.
FYI: Do you believe that not all
deserts are hot? And there is a
cold desert too?
Interesting facts
The Gobi Desert in Central Asia is
one of the coldest desert in the
world. In winter, temperatures
can drop to -40° F.
The Sahara Desert is the world
largest hot desert.
Process Questions
2. Why was the visit of Sheik Ben Nedi
a matter of excitement?
3. What does “Ben” mean in Arabic?
Process Questions
4. Why was Zuleika very sad over
the coming visit?

5. Who helped Zuleika find a gift

for Sheik Ben Nedi?
Process Questions
6. What was the gift?

7. Why was Zuleika’s gift the best of

all?
• How can we know the traits of a
character in a story?
• Name a character of the story and
say his/her character. Explain how
did you consider the character
possessing the kind of trait?
• Do you have visitors at home? How do
you accept visitors at home?
• How about in school, do we also have
visitors in school, SNIS? How do we
welcome our visitors here in school?
Explain
• Is it necessary and proper to be
hospitable to our visitors
regardless of their status in life?
Why? Why not?
• How do we show/manifest
hospitality in our home?
• Group Work
• Rearrange Me!
• Students will rearrange the pictures given to
them according to what happened in the story.
Each member should be holding a picture. Each
group must be familiar with the sequence of
events in the story.