Bloom – Anne Booth

 

Text: Bloom – Anne Booth

lesson plan by Andrew Moffat www.no-outsiders.com

Enquiry question: How do choices I make affect others?

RSE links: RSE links: respectful relationships pupils should know practical steps they can take in a range of different contexts to improve or support respectful relationships

Success Criteria: I can choose how I behave, I can choose the words that I say, I know my choices have consequences

Starter: what is a consequence? Give an example of behaviour having a consequence. Show this image of a security guard holding an umbrella over the dog https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/supermarket-security-guard-holdsumbrella-over-dog/

 and discuss the consequences of that choices (what does one kind action lead to)

Main: Read “Bloom” discuss:

 - Why do you think speaking to the flower every morning made the girl feel happy?

 - What was the first consequence of the man shouting, what was the next?

 - How does the man react to all the suggestions from the gardener, how else could he have reacted?

- Why do you think the man feels nobody likes him?

 - Look at the page where the man tells the flower his problems, what is the contrast with the little girl?

 - What is the contrast on the next page? How are their lives different?

- “What did she do that I don’t do?” what is the answer?

 - Were there magic words?

Activity 1: Show the children this clip of two boys making cushions for carers and shop workers during the lock down period. Reggie has Cerebral Palsey. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-derbyshire-52895044/derbyshire-brothersmake-cushions-for-tired-key-workers

 ask children to focus on the way Ronnie speaks to Reggie; what does he say and how does he say it? What is the impact on Reggie? Near the end how does Reggie describe his brother? Why does he use those words? How would you describe their relationship? Would you like a big brother like Ronnie? Why?

Activity 2: Look at the words the man uses to help the flower bloom at the end of the story. Draw a range of colourful flowers and around each plant write positive words and sentences to keep them blooming.

Plenary:  what impact do you have on people if you choose to say positive words. There is a saying “Is the glass half full or half empty?” what does that saying mean? How is this lesson relevant to us today? When times are challenging, how do our actions affect a situation? What can we learn from this story?

Why is this story about community cohesion?

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