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This lesson:

• Introduces conceptual verbs

• Explains the relationship between plants and what they need to grow

• Introduces the adverb 還 , ‘in addition to’ • Introduces a new use for 多

There are three main aims of this Reader. The frst is to introduce more conceptual verbs such as ‘to grow’ and ‘to need’, which move away from the previous ‘doing’ verbs that have been covered so far. Second, 多 is introduced as an adverb quantifer or intensifer. Finally, the story stresses plants’ need for sustenance and nur ture for growth.

Learning objectives:

• To understand the difference between action verbs and conceptual verbs

• To learn how to use the adverb 還

• To practise using 多 in a new context

• To understand the impor tance of caring for plants to ensure growth

Learning outcomes:

After this lesson, children should be able to:

• Appreciate the relationship between the care for plants and their growth

• Use the adverb 還 to create multiple sentence phrases • Use 多 as an adverbial intensifer

• Understand the impact of caring, nur turing behaviour

Assessment:

• I understand the relationship between growth and need • I can use 還

• I can use 多 for emphasis

• I understand that plants need food and water for growth

Differentiation:

The use of 還 enables children to link multiple ideas and phrases. In this Reader, we see Dragon growing fowers on page 1. Pages 2 to 7 give fur ther information about what fowers need in order to grow. Page 8 introduces the second item that Dragon is growing, and page 9 a fur ther item. Through this development children can see how sentences ft together in an ongoing story. Ask children to use this construction to make up a story using a similar structure and a topic of their choice.

Related Readers:

Dragon’s Balloons (Orange Book 13) explores the use of 還有 , ‘and’. 還 is also used as ‘or’ in What Animal Is This? (Blue Book 21).

BLUE LEVEL | BOOK 17

Dragon’s Garden

Target characters:

還，多，種，需要，泥土，陽光，美麗

Main grammatical point: Conceptual verbs

Theme: Activities/Verbs

PYP curriculum link: How The World Works

Subject summary: Growth and nurture