Spring Term 2020

English

Save Our Habitat!

Look carefully at this picture and answer the following questions using full sentences.

• What is a habitat?
• Which animals can you see?
• What habitat do you think each animal usually lives in?
• What is happening in the picture?
• Do you think it is fair?
• What country do you think the picture is from?
• Do you think there are any important messages to take from this picture?
• If you were driving the digger, how would you feel? What would you do?

Write a story using the picture as inspiration.

Resources (please click links)
Story planning sheet: Story Planning Sheet
Fronted adverbial word mat: fronted adverbials
Adjectives word mat: adjectives wordmat
Synonyms for said word mat: Synonyms for said

Use these sentences to start your story

“Leave us alone! This is our home!” the animals all declared as one. The humans didn’t
seem to care…

Remember to use time fronted adverbials and powerful adjectives.  You could use adverbs and verbs to add interest too.

E.g.  Later that day, Koala bravely clambered up the towering, yellow creature.

Punctuate any direct speech carefully.
Challenge:  Change your reporting clauses using super synonyms for said.
E.g.  “Hooray!” shouted the animals excitedly.

Challenge:   Can you add some similes to your writing.

The joey snuggled cosily deep inside his mother’s pouch as quiet as a mouse.
The immense, yellow machine towered creepily over them displaying a set of
strange claws as sharp as a set of knives.