III. 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. Barakah was sold as a slave to Abdulmuttalib.

2. After Aminah’s death, Barakah took Muhammad (SAAS) to his uncle’s house.

3. The Prophet’s (SAAS) companions did not want to marry Umm Ayman because she was a widow.

4. Umm Ayman moved to Medina before the Prophet (SAAS).

5. Umm Ayman lost a son and a husband in the battles for Islam.

b) Information Search.

Answer the questions using information from the text.

1. Why did Abdullah go to Syria shortly after his marriage?

• His father told him to go there.

• He felt sad about leaving Aminah.

• Aminah had a strange dream.

• They were all very happy.

2. What was the meaning of Aminah’s strange dream?

• Her husband was going to die.

• Aminah was extremely upset.

• Abdullah was going to leave her.

• She was going to have a special baby.

3. Which of the following is not true of Barakah according to the text? She...

• had two sons.

• was born in Yathrib.

• was close to the Prophet (SAAS).

• was married twice.

Muhammad (SAAS) called Umm Ayman “my mother”. Why do you think he does this?

c) Information Management.

Read the list of events below taken from the first part of the story of Umm Ayman and put them in the correct order.

…… Abdullah married Aminah.

…… Aminah gave birth to Muhammad (SAAS).

…… Ubay bin Zayd died.

……. Barakah was sold as a slave in Makkah.

……. Barakah took Muhammad (SAAS) to AbdulMuttalib's house.

Muhammad (SAAS) found Barakah a husband.

Barakah had a son.

Abdullah died in Yathrib.

Aminah died at Al-'Abwa.

Muhammad (SAAS) married Khadijah (ЕЛА).

Aminah and Muhammad (SAAS) visited Abdullah's grave.

Barakah and Muhammad (SAAS) moved to AbuTalib's house.

d) Learner Activity.

1. Work in groups. Without looking at the information above, give a summary of Barakah’s life. Each group member will give one piece of information.

2. Continue giving information until your group can give a complete summary about events in Barakah’s life in the correct order.

3. Give your summary to the class. Listen to the other groups’ summaries. Which group gave the most complete summary?

e) Vocabulary in Context.

Match each word from the text with the correct meaning.

1 bride a. the part of a woman’s body where a baby can grow

2 bridegroom b. looked down in shame or embarrassment

3 womb с. enlarged in size, grown larger

4 fainted d. cutting off an area, stopping

5 nursed communication

6 abandon e. painful

7 blockade f. a woman who is getting married

8 delivered g. gave care to someone sick or old

9 lowered their eyes h. very special, one of a kind

10 eventually i. gave, passed on

11 sore j. fell unconscious, passed out

12 swollen k. leave someone

13 distributed 1. happening later, after some time

14 expeditions m. journeys organised for special purposes

15 unique n. gave out, dealt out

o. a man who is getting married

f) Semantic Cloze Task.

Use some of the words from the text and previous task to complete the passage below. Use the words in their correct form.

Umm Ayman lived with and looked after the Prophet (SAAS) throughout his life. Even after he migrated to Medina, she (1) ………… followed him and arrived with (2) ……….. and (3) ………… feet. She treated Muhammad (SAAS) as her own son and could not (4) ……….. him. She had been the servant of Muhammad's (SAAS) parents, Abdullah and Aminah, when they had been (5)………… and (6) …………. , and was told by Aminah of the wonderful child in her (7)…………. She also nursed Aminah after she had (8)………… on hearing the terrible news of her husband's death. She was very helpful to the Muslim soldiers, even travelling with them on their (9)……….. against their enemies. At Uhud, she tended to sick and wounded soldiers by (10)…………. water to them.