UNIT 1 READING 2 "JEWEL IN THE SAND"

"JEWEL IN THE SAND"
 

This folktale is about a Bedouin sheik and his nephew, Ali. Ali finds an earring in the
desert. When the sheik meets the princess who owns the earring, he wants to marry her.
The princess’s father tells the sheik that he may marry his daughter. However, the princess
is in love with someone else. The sheik has to decide what to do.



KEY WORDS
daughtera female child or person in relation to her parents.
earrings: an ornament worn on or hanging from the lobe of the ear.
jewels: cut and polished precious stone; gem.
nephew:  a son of one's brother or sister.
princessa nonreigning female member of a 
royal family.
unclebrother of one's father or mother.
welcomeda kindly greeting or reception, as to one whose arrival gives pleasure

HIGHLIGHTED WORDS
curious: wanting to know about something

interrupt: stop a person who is talking
generous: giving


GRAMMAR
Articles
Articles are words that identify nouns. Nouns are the names of persons,
places, or things. Use a or an to talk about one general person, place, or

thing. Use a or an before singular nouns you can count.

ARTICLE GAME

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