Welcome dear students! Today we are going to learn about The Good Samaritan from Class 6 English_FL.
Before we begin, let us do the pre reading task. The textbook asks you to listen to your teacher and answer questions. It reminds us that many religious men and women have taught us good behaviour through their songs, stories, and precepts. For example, Basavanna said, Do not steal, do not kill, do not tell lies. I want you to pause and think of other examples you know. What did Jesus Christ, Mohammad Paigambar, the Buddha, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, and Gandhi say about how to live? Discuss their teachings with your partner and share your thoughts.
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Now let us read the main story. Paragraph one tells us that a man was walking alone from Jerusalem to Jericho. The road was rocky with many twists and turns. Suddenly, two robbers jumped out, attacked him, beat him up, and stole everything, even his clothes. In paragraph two, the man lay bleeding to death by the road. A priest came along. He was so shocked that he just stood and stared. The injured man could barely raise his head to beg for help, but the priest backed away, tried not to look, and hurried past him.
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Paragraph three continues with the man moaning in the dirt. Another man came along, saw the victim covered in blood and dirt, and thought to himself, Oh, he looks terrible. I would not ever want to touch him. Besides, I am sure he is no one I know. So he passed him by too. Then, in paragraph four, a Samaritan arrived. Remember, the injured man was a Jew, and Samaritans and Jews had been enemies for hundreds of years. Yet, the Samaritan came over. He gently lifted the man head, brushed dust from his mouth, cleaned his eyes with water, and gave him a drink.
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He poured wine on the wounds to clean them and help them heal. Then he carried the man, placed him on his donkey, and brought him to town. In paragraph five, the Samaritan gave money to an innkeeper and said, Put him in a clean bed and spend whatever you need to take good care of him until he is strong again. Paragraphs six through nine conclude the story. Jesus asked, Now tell me, which of these three men was a true neighbour to the man who was robbed? The expert in Jewish law quickly answered, The one who helped him, of course. Jesus replied, Then go and do just the same.
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The listeners understood that Jesus wanted his followers to love everybody, especially strangers and those in need. Let us review the glossary. Bleed means to lose blood. Ditch is a long narrow passage cut into the ground. Well to do means rich. Succour means to give help to someone in difficulty. Noble means of high moral quality. Generous means ready to give money or kindness. Parable is a short simple story that teaches a moral or religious lesson. Now, let us work through the comprehension questions. For question a, the statement says the first traveller gave the robbers a good fight. This is Not True.
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Question b says the man suffered serious injuries. This is True. Question c says the sight of the wounded man frightened the priest. This is True. For question d, describe his pitiable state in two sentences. You could write: The man lay bleeding heavily on the roadside, covered in dirt and completely helpless. For question e, the line I do not want to dirty my hands reflects the second traveller thought, I would not ever want to touch him. He said this to himself. Question f asks if I am sure he is no one I know was a good reason not to help. No, it is not. Helping someone in danger is a basic human duty.
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Question g asks who helped the wounded man. The Samaritan did. Question h asks if the Samaritan had a reason not to help. Yes, because Samaritans and Jews were historical enemies. Question i says the fourth traveller had noble and generous feelings. This is True. Question j asks what was special about his kindness. It was special because he helped someone from a rival group, showing compassion beyond prejudice. For question k, the Samaritan cleaned the man mouth and eyes, gave him water, and applied wine to his wounds. The beast of burden was a donkey.
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Question l asks for two reasons the Samaritan was well to do. First, he had enough money to pay the innkeeper immediately. Second, he told the innkeeper to spend whatever was needed for the man full recovery. Question m asks who narrated this parable. Jesus Christ did. Question n asks for the moral lesson. Jesus taught that we must love everybody, especially strangers and those in need. Now let us focus on grammar. Activity two gives you pairs of sentences. Read them aloud to your partner to practice. Activity three asks you to read conditional sentences and explain their meaning.
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For example, If all the four travellers had travelled together, the robbers would not have attacked them. This is a third conditional sentence. It talks about an imaginary situation in the past. The structure is If plus past perfect tense, followed by would have plus the past participle. Discuss with your partner what each sentence means in the context of our story. For Activity four, rewrite these pairs as single conditional sentences. Pair a: You did not ask me for a loan. I did not give you a loan. The combined sentence is: If you had asked me for a loan, I would have given you a loan.
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Pair b: I caught the ball at the boundary line. They lost the match. The opposite past situation is: If I had not caught the ball at the boundary line, they would have won the match. Pair c: She ran very fast. She caught the chain snatcher. The conditional form is: If she had not run very fast, she would not have caught the chain snatcher. Practice forming these with your partner. Next is word formation. Notice that the suffix er combines with verbs to form nouns, usually meaning a person who does that action. Activity five gives you partial words with letter hints. Let us complete them together.
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t e a c h becomes teacher. p l a y becomes player. w o r k becomes worker. w a l k becomes walker. d r a w becomes drawer. r e a d becomes reader. l e a r n becomes learner. w i n becomes winner, where we double the n. l o v e becomes lover, where we drop the silent e. Remember to simply add er to most verbs, but watch for spelling rules like doubling consonants or dropping silent e. Now for the writing task. Activity six asks you to write a conversation between the innkeeper and the injured man. Your book gives the opening lines.
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Since this is a creative writing exercise, your textbook expects you to write your own dialogue. To guide you, think about what the injured man might ask when he wakes up, such as where he is or who brought him there. Think about how the innkeeper would explain the Samaritan help and reassure him. Include polite greetings and expressions of gratitude. Write four to six lines of dialogue, keeping the tone caring and respectful. Practice writing it with your partner. Finally, let us look at Activity six a. Fill in the blanks using the letter hints.
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The first blank is r o c k. The second is r o a d. The third is e n d. The fourth is e m p t y. The fifth is w a i t. The completed passage reads: Let us hide behind this rock, said the robber to his companion. Good place. We can see the road from this end to that end, said the second one. The road is so empty, said the first. We will have to wait, said the second. Practice reading this aloud with your partner to understand the context of an ambush. We have now covered every section of this chapter. Keep practicing your reading, grammar, and writing exercises. Thank you for listening! Keep revising and practicing. Goodbye! [CHAPTER_COMPLETE]