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A very long time ago there was a Frenchman named Pierre Poivre. He was born in Lyon

in the year 1719. When he was twenty-one years old, he went to wor as a !riest in china.

He was also "ond o" !lants. He travelled a lot across #hina and gathered a lot o"in"ormation on c$ltivation methods.

Five years later, on his way bac to France, the %ritish attaced his shi! &Le 'a$!hin(-.Pierre Poivre "o$ght with great co$rage. )n"ort$nately he was hit by a cannon ball and

lost his right arm.

A"ter the battle he was made !risoner and was sent to %atavia *today '+aarta. '$ring

his ca!tivity, he discovered that the '$tch main activity was the trade o" rare s!ices s$ch

as $tmeg and cloves. hese s!ices were very e/!ensive. hey were $sed in 0$ro!e to

!reserve "ood and to add "lavo$r to "ood. he c$ltivation o" these s!ices was done on theol$ccaislands, which were heavily g$arded by the '$tch.

2n 1734 Pierre Poivre was released. He came to 2sle de France. He "o$nd that the climate

was s$itable "or the c$ltivation o" s!ices. Fo$r months later he le"t "or France with thedream o" maing 2sle de France a s!ice island.

From France he made an e/!edition to #hina in order to get some s!ice !lants. He

managed to steal "ive n$tmeg !lants and a "ew clove !lants, which he hid in do$bl$re de

sa veste. hese were then !lanted at 5on Plaisir 6arden *88 %otanical 6arden byslaves. However, the !lants he bro$ght were not eno$gh "or large c$ltivation.

He did not lose ho!e. he "ollowing year he made a second e/!edition "rom 2sle de

France to ol$cca islands. his time he s$cceeded to bring three tho$sand !lants o"n$tmeg and other s!ices. 'es!ite all his e""ort, the c$ltivation o" s!ices was not "r$it"$l.

He was disa!!ointed and he le"t the island.

8everal years later he came to 2sle de France. his time he came as administrator. He was

+$st married and his bea$ti"$l wi"e, Francoise accom!anied him. hey stayed at 5#hatea$

on Plaisir. Pierre Poivre created a garden aro$nd his !lace. He introd$ced abo$t si/h$ndred rare and e/otic !lants s$ch as mango, avocado, letchi and others. oday the

garden is nown as 88 %otanical 6arden and is among one o" the most bea$ti"$l garden

in the world.

'$ring his stay as administrator, Pierre Poivre contin$ed the wor o" the !revio$s

administrator, ahe de Labo$rdonnais. He wored hard to develo! Port-Lo$is. %$ildings

and roads were constr$cted. He b$ilt three windmills to grind the wheat and newwareho$ses to store "lo$r, rice and wheat. He also im!roved the harbo$r "acility. 2n177:

he ret$rned to his co$ntry.

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Use of visuals and involvement of pupils in story telling

he story was ta$ght "ollowing the lesson !lan. *see a!!endi/

;is$als $sed to tell the story

Pict$re o" Pierre Poivre Pict$re showing the attac by the %ritish

8!ices s$ch as n$tmegs and cloves*bro$ght by !$!ils

Pict$res o" s!ices

#hatea$ on Plaisir and its 6arden

88 %otanical 6arden

$estioning and 2ntrod$ction o" Pierre PoivreVisuals used:!ict$re o" Pierre Poivre

hro$gh ?$estioning the !$!ils are made to re"lect on the !erson who introd$ced

s!ices to o$r island. he !ict$re o" Pierre Poivre is then introd$ced. his will give thechild a gist o" the content o" the story and at the same time aro$se his c$riosity to read

the story.

While reading

2ll$stration o" main ideas by !ict$re.

A story witho$t !ict$re may be boring es!ecially "or low achievers. Learning taes

!lace when learners can associate ideas with !ict$res. he !$!ils can be ased to

identi"y "eat$res and to tal on the !ict$res. Pict$res mae the story more a!!ealingand stim$late !$!ils imagination. 2t will hel! the !$!ils to remember the story.

emember the #hinese saying@2 hear. 2 "orget.

2 see. 2 remember

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A"ter reading

8$mmary o" the story

Visuals used :time line

he main ideas can be !$t on a time line to hel! the !$!ils better $nderstand the story.

'rawing

he !$!ils can then be ased to draw !ict$res to ill$strate the main ideas "o$nd on the

time line. *see a!!endi/ "or sam!les o" drawing o" !$!ils

he drawing o" !$!ils can be $sed to mae a big bookbased on the story. his will be

a!!ro!riate "or low achievers who have lang$age di""ic$lties.

Follow-$! activities

Role playon !art o" the story e.g. e/!edition to "etch s!ices, the battle where

Pierre Poivre lost his right arm