Firm up:

Before you read

A.

Working with words: Student VOC Strategy

Vocabulary word: Slyly Crept 1. Write the sentence in which it appears in the text. __________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Based upon how it is used in te text , predict what the word means. __________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Consult an Expert for the actual definition (e.g., a friend, teacher, text resources). Experts Definition: __________________________________________________________________________ 4. Show your Understanding of the word by using it in a sentence of your own. __________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Choose one of the folllowing ways to help you remember the words meaning : draw a picture of what the word means to you; select and perform a miming action that the words remind you of; or connect the word with something similar that youve heard in a story, a news, or a song. Write down an association or connection you have made:_________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Explain why you choose this way to represent what the word means to you. _________________________________________________________________________________________________

B.Exploring Your Own Experience

What would you feel if you happen to be In a place or in crowd where everything you hear or everything you observe is unfamiliar to you ?

C. Background
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Arabian poetry is emotional and extremely sw eet. The favorite subject matter are love, morals, and religion. It is rich in figures of speech, exaggerated statements and passionate emotion. Jami;s Bewildered Ara b is a funny, little story about a confuse arab. This could very well happen to a barrio boy who is in the city for the first time. If it happened to you, what would you do?

Reading
Read and study the poem then work on the tasks/activities after it.
The Bewildered Arab From the solitary desert Up to Baghdad came a simple Arab; there amid the rout Grew bewildered of the countless People, hither, thither, running, coming, going, meeting, parting, Clamor, clatter, and confusion, All about him and about. Travel-wearied, hubbub-dizzy, If you - then where am I, and who?" But one that heard him and divined His purpose, slyly crept behind; From the sleeper's ankle clipping, Round his own the pumpkin tied, And laid him down to sleep beside. By and by, the Arab waking, Looks directly for his signal Sees it on another's ankle Cries aloud, "Oh, good-for-nothing Rascal to perplex me so! That by you I am bewildered, Whether i be I or no! If I - the pumpkin why on you?

would the simple Arab fain Get to sleep - "But then, on waking,
How," quoth he, "amid so many Waking, know myself again?" So, to make the matter certain, Strung a gourd about his ankle, And, into a corner creeping, Baghdad and himself and people Soon were blotted from his brain.

About the Author

Jami is a pen name of one of Persias great writers. The name means cup the pours out the divine spirit, Symbolized by the wine. Jami is humorous and witty poet. Over a hundred poems written by him, seven werecollected into one vollume and bore the name The Sevn Stars Of the Great Bear

After You Read

A . What do you Think?
1. What is experienced by the arab that made him so confused? ______________________________________________________________ 2. What did the Arab do to avoid the situation? ______________________________________________________________ 3. What do you think is the reason why the Arab Is bewildered? ________________________________________________________________ 4. What did the Arab do before he went to sleep? _________________________________________________________________ 5. What did he discover when he woke up? __________________________________________________________________ 6. Point out the humor in the poem. __________________________________________________________________ 7. Do you think it was right for the prankster to play such joke on the Arab? Why? ___________________________________________________________________ 8. What do you think is the motive of Jami in writing the story? __________________________________________________________________________

B . THE Q MATRIX
Work on the q- matrix form below:
EVENT CHOICE
Which course of action did he choose? Which would be the better choice? Which might be the best choice?

PERSON
Who did the action?

Past
Possibilty

What did the Arab do? What can he do to solve the problem? What might be the impact of the problem to him?

Who will help a lost boy in the city/ Who might be the Arab at the current time?

Imagination