In this story by Frances Hodgson Burnett a young girl called Mary starts out as unloved and unlovable.
Syllabus Vocabulary areas family nature friendship physical descriptions feelings Grammar and structures Present simple Past simple regular and irregular forms Past continuous Must for obligation Adverbs of frequency.
Underlying this story are valuable lessons about the importance of kindness physical exercise and contact with the natural world.
Mary is a changed child so changed that when she finds someone similar to her former self she decides to change him too.
She discovers an abandoned Garden which gives her a driving aim in life to bring the Garden back to life.
She moves home and through her contact with country life and people she gradually changes.
In this story by Frances Hodgson Burnett a young girl called Mary starts out as unloved and unlovable