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    This document provides an overview and activity for the story "The Lotus Seed" by Sherry Garland. It tells of a young girl who is forced to leave Vietnam and takes a lotus seed from the Imperial Garden as a remembrance of her homeland. The document includes comprehension questions about the story and provides step-by-step instructions for drawing a lotus flower, which represents the importance of family heritage in the story.

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    This document provides an overview and activity for the story "The Lotus Seed" by Sherry Garland. It tells of a young girl who is forced to leave Vietnam and takes a lotus seed from the Imperial Garden as a remembrance of her homeland. The document includes comprehension questions about the story and provides step-by-step instructions for drawing a lotus flower, which represents the importance of family heritage in the story.

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    This document provides an overview and activity for the story "The Lotus Seed" by Sherry Garland. It tells of a young girl who is forced to leave Vietnam and takes a lotus seed from the Imperial Garden as a remembrance of her homeland. The document includes comprehension questions about the story and provides step-by-step instructions for drawing a lotus flower, which represents the importance of family heritage in the story.

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    The Lotus Seed

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    This document provides an overview and activity for the story "The Lotus Seed" by Sherry Garland. It tells of a young girl who is forced to leave Vietnam and takes a lotus seed from the Imperial Garden as a remembrance of her homeland. The document includes comprehension questions about the story and provides step-by-step instructions for drawing a lotus flower, which represents the importance of family heritage in the story.

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    “The Lotus Seed”

    By Sherry Garland

    Overview Materials
    This is a story of hope and the importance of family heritage. A • “The Lotus Seed” book
    young girl is forced to leave Vietnam and takes a lotus seed from • Dry erase board
    the Imperial Garden in remembrance of her homeland. • Dry erase marker
    • Pencils
    Instructions • Crayons
    Read the book to see what happens to the lotus seed. • White construction paper
    • Lotus flower activity sheet
    Vocabulary
    Immigration: the action of coming to live permanently in a
    foreign country.
    Immigrants: a person who comes to live permanently in a
    foreign country.

    Comprehension Questions
    • Where is the setting at the beginning of the story? End?
    • What is so special about the lotus seed?
    • Why did the grandmother take the lotus seed from the
    Imperial Garden?
    • Why does the grandmother flee and come to America?
    • How do we know the seed was important to the
    grandmother?
    • What does the lotus seed represent?

    Activity
    • Using the step-by-step instructions, draw your own lotus
    flower.

    “The Lotus Seed” 1


    Name: __________________

    How to Draw a Lotus Flower


    Step 1 Begin drawing your lotus Step 2 Draw in a cone shape for
    by making two peel like the middle petal, then two
    shapes that are spread out more lotus petals off to the
    from each other. These are sides.
    the second tier of petals.

    Step 3 Next, draw in the base or Step 4 Lastly, draw the plate like
    bottom lotus petals which shape under the lily or
    the flower or lily rests on lotus which is also known
    besides the lily pad. as the lily pad. Add some
    detailing lines, then erase
    the mistakes you may have
    made along the way.

    Finally, color it all in!

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