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Marvellous minibeasts
Marvellous minibeasts
5.
Hee hee! Let your wish come true!
I love relaxing in the garden on sunny days, don't you, Tim?
I know! There are so many bugs! I wish they would all just disappear.
Yes I do, Mia! There's just one problem...
Me too!
But why are we so small?
Jobs? Bugs don't do jobs, do they?
Because now you have to do the bugs' jobs for them!
Oh no! What just happened?
We are tiny, like bugs!
Your wish came true! Now all the bugs have gone from the garden!
They carry seeds.
They spin webs.
They fly from flower to flower.
They dig tunnels.
Bugs do lots of important jobs in your garden! Can you guess which bug does each job?
ants
bees
spiders
worms
How do ants and worms help in the garden?
Ants carry seeds underground. These seeds then grow into new plants.
Worms dig tunnels so that water can get to the seeds.
How do bees and spiders help in the garden?
Bees fly from flower to flower. They help the flowers make new seeds.
Spiders spin webs and catch flies to stop them eating all the plants.
Complete the task to carry the seeds underground like ants.
Bees fly loud.
Bees fly loudly.
How do bees fly?
How do ants carry seeds?
Ants carry seeds quickly
Ants carry seeds quick.
Bees fly quick.
Bees fly quickly.
How do bees fly?
Worms dig tunnels carefully.
Worms dig tunnels careful.
How do worms dig tunnels?
Worms dig tunnels quiet.
Worms dig tunnels quietly.
How do worms dig tunnels?
Spiders spin their webs quietly.
Spiders spin their webs quiet.
How do spiders spin their webs?
Make sentences to dig tunnels like worms.
How are you feeling?
I'm feeling sad.
I'm feeling bored.
I'm feeling OK.
I'm feeling happy.
I'm feeling GREAT!
How do... ?
spin webs
fly
carry seeds
help flowers
make seeds
dig tunnels
Make sentences to spin a web like a spider.
Ants carry seeds more carefully than mice.
Worms dig tunnels more quickly than ants.
quickly
quietly
carefully
loudly
more
than
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1. Worms dig tunnels [quietly] ants.
2. Ants dig tunnels [quickly] worms.
3. Bees fly [quickly] butterflies.
4. Ants carry seeds [busily] mice.
5. Bees fly [loudly] butterflies.
6. Butterflies fly [quietly] bees.
more+ adverb_ than
comparative adverbs production
butterflies
ants
mice
spiders
bees
worms
spin webs
dig tunnels
fly
carry seeds
quietly
carefully
busily
quickly
Make sentences by flying from flower to flower.
Wow! Bugs do a lot of important jobs!
They do! I wish they would come back, and that we would go back to our normal sizes.
Ok, I will grant your wish. But first, I have one more task for you!
Spin the wheel
Spin the wheel and make the sentences!
Well done! You completed all of the tasks.
So can we have the bugs back now? And can we go back to our normal sizes?
And now we understand how important bugs are.
Yay! Thank you, Mister Gnome!
And thank you, bugs!
You did a good job today, but be careful with your wishes next time!
Pick your favourite bug!
It flew by!
It was creepy!
I really dug it!
Goodbye!
Goodbye!
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Pick your favourite bug!
I like bugs now! I think they are amazing!
Bugs Debate
I like them too, but what bugs are the best?
How do you....?
run
jump
dance
swim
eat
sleep
read
sing
play
draw
loudly
quietly
quickly
busily
carefully
slowly
happily
How...?
I ...
quickly
loudly
quietly
carefully
busily
slowly
How does... ?
How
do
How
flowers
ants
worms
spiders
How
help
dig tunnels
spin webs
bugs
do
do
carry seeds
do
How
do
bees
fly from flower to flower
How
Goodbye!
Goodbye!
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Word list
Main vocabulary: bug, ant, bee, spider, worm, butterfly, mice
Secondary vocabulary: seed, plant, tunnel, web, dig, carry, spin, fly
Grammar: Comparative adverbs: more slowly, more quickly, more loudly, more quietly, more carefully, more busily
Functional language: Questions about manner - 'How do... ?'
5.5 A My little life - Marvellous minibeasts
By Anna Kostraba
