Learning Objective:

English

Learning Objective:

I am going to read the first to double pages to you. You have seen the illustrations on the first double page but not the second. Listen to me reading the story so far and then listen to it again to really think about the words.

There is a new word for us to learn-ailing

ailing-in poor health/not very well

Pattan found an ailing plant in the valley.

Pattan found a poorly plant in the valley.

What did Pattan decide to do to the plant? Do you think he knew what the plant was? Why didn’t Pattan just leave the plant to die?

Remember that I told you the new book is a story that has been told for many years by the Irula people. Although the story is a myth (it is an old made up story), the place where it is told is a real place. The pictures below show you the Sahyadri Mountains where the story is set.

Aren’t the mountains beautiful?

I would like you to close your eyes and listen to me reading the story again. What can you see in your head when you think of the Sahyadri Mountains, our main characters Pattan and his wife, Kanni? What illustrations do you think are on the next page in the book?

Draw a picture of what you think is on the next page  of the story. I have typed the words below to help you.

One day, Pattan found an ailing plant in the valley. It had beautiful yellow flowers. “I’ll plant it by my hut and look after it,” he thought. 

The plant liked its new home. It’s yellow flowers smiled at the sun. “Look!” Pattan called one day, “A pumpkin has started to grow.”