The Tree Door

Task 1Create a descriptive paragraph/s using your 5 senses. Try to include adverbs, conjunctions and fronted adverbials. Challenge – Can you include speech in your paragraph?Example: On a dark and misty evening, I happened to be aimlessly wondering through the woods on my way home. As I was walking, I stumbled across a tree and it was no ordinary tree because it had a particularly large door at the front of it. It looked as if it had been recently put there. ‘’Hello?’’ I loudly called, hoping for a reply but no-one answered. The air around the tree felt cold, although my walk beforehand seemed quite mild and pleasant…there was something uneasy about this place.

Task 2 – Who, what, where, when, how, why, which?

There are lots of interesting things about this tree and the area surrounding it. Ask a range of questions, using different

question words to find out more. Make sure you include questions that require more than a one-word answer. Try to see if you could answer the questions yourself or ask someone at home to have a go!

My questions – Why does the tree look frosty at the roots? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Task 3 – Plan a story.

Using a story planner/story mountain, plan a story based on the picture in as much detail as you can. You can use your other work to help shape these ideas.

Ideas – You step inside the door and get trapped inside a new world and need to safely find your way back home. The magic tree comes to life and will grant your wishes, but how many wishes are too many? How will you decide which are the most important? A gruesome, angry troll emerges from the door and you need to calm him down and try to return him home.

Task 4 – Write the story.

Using your plan and this week’s work to help you, write your own story about the tree! Make sure you write in paragraphs and use a variety of sentence types to keep the reader engaged. One gloomy, misty evening as the sun began to go down, __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Task 5 – Edit and illustrate your story.

Read back through your work to check any spelling or punctuation errors. Can you make improvements to word choices? Once you have finished, you could write your story as a mini book in your best handwriting. Can you draw the front cover of your book?