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This year’s trip
Lesson 6
Guess the riddle.
Persons who work on a ship.
Guess the riddle.
Sailors use it to find the way.
Pre-reading
Say it.
What type of book does it come from?
How do you know this text is from an encyclopedia?
Let’s learn.
An encyclopedia gives you information about all kinds of topics.
(It has the main information at the top. There are titles for each paragraph and there are realistic pictures and a map.)
While-reading
Read and answer.
Name: Ahmad Ibn Majid
Occupation: Sailor, writer and poet
Year of birth: Around 1430
Place of birth: Julfar
Year of death: Around 1500
A sailor
who
what
when
where
Read and say.
Julfar Today
Today Julfar is called R.as Al Khaimah Ras Al Khaimah is nearly two hours' journey by motorway from Dubai. When Ahmad Ibn Majid was a boy, it was an important port.
What is Julfar called today?
Read and say.
Julfar Today
Today Julfar is called Ras Al Khaimah. Ras Al Khaimah is nearly two hours' journey by motorway from Dubai. When Ahmad Ibn Majid was a boy, it was an important port.
How long does it take form Dubai to Ras Al Khaimah ?
Read and say.
Julfar Today
Today Julfar is called Ras Al Khaimah. Ras Al Khaimah is nearly two hours' journey by motorway from Dubai. When Ahmad Ibn Majid was a boy, it was an important port.
What was an important port when
Ahmad Ibn Majid was a boy ?
Read and say.
Early Life
What does Ahmad Ibn Majid’s father do?
Ahmad Ibn Majid was the son of a famous sailor and he loved the sea. He liked watching the boats coming and going and he enjoyed talking to anyone who arrived by sea. He wanted to be a sailor, too. His father taught him the art of navigation. Ahmad Ibn Majid was very brave and confident. When he was 17,he could navigate a ship by himself.
Read and say.
Early Life
Did he love the sea?
Ahmad Ibn Majid was the son of a famous sailor and he loved the sea. He liked watching the boats coming and going and he enjoyed talking to anyone who arrived by sea. He wanted to be a sailor, too. H