Topic Content:
- Title: A Fair Share
- Text: New Oxford English Book 1, Pg 71 – 72
- Purpose: Reading for Main ideas and supporting ideas
A Fair Share:
Dele Akinola who was very poor, went to Oba Adekunle, and said that he wanted a hundred naira.
‘But why should I give you a hundred naira?’ asked the Oba
‘Because we are relatives,’ said Dele. oba Adekunle was surprised. He did not know Dele Akinola and had never seen him before.
‘Do you belong,’ he said to Dele, ‘to my mother’s family or to my father’s?’
Dele replied that that was not what he meant, ‘You see,’ he said, ‘according to both the Bible and the Qur’an, we are all children of Adam; so because of that, part of your wealth is mine.’
The Oba said, ‘But this is something I must think about. Come and see me again tomorrow morning.’
When Dele went to the Oba’s Palace the next day, Oba Adekunle handed him one kobo. He said, ‘If we are all children of Adam, then everyone in the world is my relative. So your share – like everyone else’s – is exactly on kobo
Questions and Answers:
1. Why did Dele Akinola want ₦100 from the Oba?
2. What reason did he give the Oba for asking for money?
3. What reason did Dele give for saying that he and the Oba were relatives?
4. What did the Oba then tell Dele to do?
5. Why did the oba give Dele only one kobo?
6. Here are 5 sentences from the beginning of the story, two of these sentences are important and three are less important. Which are the important ones?
(a) Dele Akinola was very poor.
(b)……he went to Oba Adekunle
(c)……he said that he wanted ₦100.
(d) ‘Why should I give you ₦100?’
(e) ‘…….we are relatives,’ said Dele.
7. Here are 5 sentences from the beginning of the story, two of these sentences are important and three are less important. Which are the important ones?
(a) Oba Adekunle did not know Dele.
(b) ‘Do you belong to my mother’s family….?’
(c) ‘……..we are all children of Adam…….?’
(d) ‘……..part of your wealth is really mine’
(e) ‘………come and see me again.’
8. Here are 4 sentences from the beginning of the story, two of these sentences are important and two are less important. Which are the important ones?
(a) ……..Dele went to the Oba’s palace…….
(b) Oba Adekunle handed him one kobo.
(c) ‘……..everyone in the world is my relative…..’
(d) ‘……..your share….is exactly one kobo.’
Evaluation: New Oxford English Book 1, Pg 71 – 72 Questions 1 – 8.
Assignment: Verbs 35 – 45 New Oxford English, page 199.
Reference: New Oxford English For Junior Secondary Schools, Book 1, by Ayo Banjo et al.
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