A lady named Rosemary loves plants a lot. She looked for a special tiny green plant on Christmas instead of having a party. Rosemary has a fun habit of looking for this plant every year. Her kids think it's funny. She knows a lot about plants and wants to help people learn to take care of them.

Rosemary went to some islands called the Isles of Scilly a long time ago. She thought they were very pretty because of all the different plants and animals. Even when it was hard, she kept learning about the plants. She wants to help the islands stay beautiful. Rosemary knows that the weather is changing and that it's not good for the plants. She wants kids to learn how to help the plants, too.

Original news source: The woman who spent Christmas in search of a rare plant (BBC)

– Sketch It
Instructions: Give each student a piece of paper and a pencil. Read the article aloud and ask the students to sketch a picture of Rosemary looking for the special green plant on Christmas. After they finish, have them share their drawings with a partner and describe what they drew.
– Vocabulary Pictionary
Instructions: Write a list of vocabulary words from the article on the board (e.g. plants, Scilly Isles, weather, animals). Divide the class into teams. Give each team a whiteboard and marker. One student from each team will come to the front of the class and you will say a word from the list. The student must draw a picture of the word on the whiteboard and their team members must guess what it is.
– Keyword Hangman
Instructions: Write the keywords from the article on the board with underscores representing each letter. Play a game of hangman with the students, where they take turns guessing letters to try and uncover the words. After each word is guessed, discuss the meaning and context of the word in relation to the article.
– Opinion Spectrum
Instructions: Create a continuum on the board with "Strongly Agree" on one end and "Strongly Disagree" on the other end. Read aloud statements related to the article (e.g. "It is important to take care of plants", "Learning about different plants is interesting"). Have the students stand in a position along the continuum to indicate their level of agreement or disagreement with each statement. Allow them to explain their reasoning if they wish.
– Two Truths and a Lie
Instructions: Have each student come up with two true statements and one false statement about plants or the environment. They should write them down on a piece of paper. Then, have each student take turns sharing their statements with the class. The rest of the class must guess which statement is false. After each round, discuss the true statements and provide any necessary corrections or additional information.

A lady named Rosemary loves plants a lot. She looked for a ? tiny green plant on Christmas instead of having a party. Rosemary has a fun habit of ? for this plant every year. Her ? think it's funny. She knows a lot about plants and wants to ? people learn to take care of them. Rosemary went to some islands called the Isles of Scilly a long time ago. She ? they were very pretty because of all the different plants and ?. Even when it was hard, she kept learning about the plants. She wants to help the islands stay beautiful. Rosemary knows that the ? is changing and that it's not ? for the plants. She wants kids to learn how to help the plants, too.

1. What is Rosemary's favorite thing?
2. How do Rosemary's kids feel about her habit?
3. Do you think it's important to take care of plants? Why or why not?
4. Have you ever seen a tiny green plant? How did it make you feel?
5. How do you think Rosemary feels when she sees different plants and animals?
6. What do you think Rosemary wants to teach people about plants?
7. Do you like learning about plants? Why or why not?
8. How do you think the weather changing affects the plants?
9. What can kids do to help the plants?
10. Have you ever been to an island? How did it make you feel?
11. Do you think it's important to keep nature beautiful? Why or why not?
12. How would you feel if you saw a plant that was dying?

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