Meaning Focus
a)True/False Statements.
Read the text quickly and look at the following statements. Do you agree with these agreements? Why\ Why not?
1. Sa’d was the seventieth person to become a Muslim.
2. Even though Sa’d’s mother threatened to kill herself, he said he would not give up Islam.
3. Abdullah thought Sa’d was a very special man.
4. Sa’d was one of the toughest of the Prophet’s (SAAS) companions.
5. Sa’d lived for fourteen months in Persia before the Battle of Al-Qadisiyya.
b). Information Search.
Answer the questions using information from the text.
1. Which of the following facts is not true according to the text?
Sa’d was related to the Prophet (SAAS).
Sa’d’s mother went on a hunger strike.
Sa’d thought he was a special person.
Sa’d stayed in Persia for more than a year.
2. Abdullah stayed at Sa’d’s house because he...
had been invited by Sa’d to stay for a few days.
wanted to know why Sa’d had been promised Heaven.
was the son of Amr bin Al-‘Aas, the famous general.
wanted to watch him wake up, wash, and pray every morning.
3.
At which battles did Sa’d use his skills with the bow and arrow?
4. How was Sa’d the first man to draw blood for Islam?
5. What was special about the woolen cloak Sa’d had kept for his funeral?
c) Information Management.
The reading text contains a number of cause-effect relationships. Read the story of Sa’d bin Abu Waqqas again and complete the chart.
CAUSE |
EFFECT |
An unbeliever mocked Sa’d. |
Sa’d hit him. |
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Sa’d’s mother tried to persuade him to give up his religion. |
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Sa’d’s mother threatened to kill herself. |
Abdullah wanted to know why Sa’d had been promised Heaven. |
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Sa’d was a simple man; he bore no grudge against any Muslim and said nothing bad about anyone. |
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Sa’d ordered a new capital city to be built in Persia. |
d) Learner Activity.
Work in groups. Prepare at least five Wh- questions about the life of Sa’d bin Abu Waqqas.
Ask people from other groups your questions. Listen and answer their questions.
Return to your original group and compare your responses. Share your information with the class.
e) Vocabulary in Context.
Match each word from the text with the correct meaning.
1 nobles a. someone who shoots arrows from a bow
2 related b. turned over and faced the opposite direction
3 archer с people from important families
4 mock d. strongest, able to cope with the most
5 fond of difficulties
6 hunger strike e. make fun of someone
7 threatened f. gave a warning of harm
8 plunged g. the official place where a country's
9 observed government is located
10 rolled over h. a large flag
11 bear no grudge i. a dark shape formed when someone blocks the light
12 banner
13 toughest j. connected by blood or marriage
14 shadow k. having warm feelings towards someone
15 capital 1. driven, pushed
m. have no feelings of anger towards someone
n. refusing to eat as a protest
o. watched closely
f) Semantic Cloze Task.
Use some of the words from the previous task to complete the passage below. Use the words in their correct form.
It was not easy for Sa’d bin Abu Waqqas (RAA) to become a Muslim, even though he was a (1)……….. of the Prophet (SAAS). His mother, of whom he was very (2)……….. did not want him to become a Muslim, so she started (3) ………..and even (4) ……….. that she might kill herself, but Sa’d did not give in. Sa’d believed the reason he was promised heaven was because he (5) ……….. against any Muslim. He became known as one of the (6) ………. of the Prophet's (SAAS) companions. He was a great fighter for Islam, skilled in (7)……….. and one of the people who carried (8) ………. when the Muslims entered Makkah, which was to become the (9) ………. city of Islam. Although he was brought up as a (10)………., on his deathbed, he only asked for a woolen cloak to be wrapped around him, as he had worn it at the Battle of Badr.