This is planet Pandora

Ever watched the movie ‘Avatar ’?

This week’s writing tasks are all linked to the planet

Pandora which features in this film.

PROLEMURIS

THANATOR

DIREHORSE

HEXEPEDE

HAMMERHEAD TITANOTHERE MOUNTAIN BANSHEE

Monday

You will need to watch a short film, which introduces you to this amazing place

and some of its flora and fauna. You can find the film at:

https://www.pandorapedia.com/

This website also contains some excellent resources to help you with your

writing tasks this week.

I have also downloaded the video and saved it in this folder.

Your first task is to make a guide called ‘How to care for a ?????

This should be a leaflet or handbook with instructions for caring for one of the

amazing creatures on this planet. Use your imagination- this is all fantasy- so

nothing is incorrect!

Please include:

A description of the creature

What it feeds on

Its habitat

How it behaves in the wild

Instructions for its care

An illustration

Consider how best to set your guide out – perhaps make a quick plan?

It must be clear for your reader and it must also be correctly punctuated with

accurate spelling please.

TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY

For the next 3 days, I would like you to make a brochure for the planet. Think

back to the techniques you used for your Rocky Mountains brochures. This one

should be in the style of a nature experience- so you will need to appeal to an

audience of animal lovers, environmentalists and nature enthusiasts (think

David Attenborough Blue Planet). Use the film and/or the pictures to inspire

you.

You will need to create at least 4 different sections for your brochure.

Begin with a short description of planet Pandora including key facts

such as its size, temperature, terrain and average weather ( make these

up if you prefer)

Your writing should be in the persuasive style.

To make it appeal you need to include a range of descriptive adjectives

and adverbs to enhance your writing.

To draw your audience in, try to include rhetorical questions and catchy

phrases with alliteration and puns.

Finally, think about how to present your brochure using eye-catching

pictures and bold writing.

FRIDAY

Today, I would like you to write an account of your own experience as a day

visitor to planet Pandora.

Include detailed descriptions of what you saw, how you felt and your thoughts

and emotions as you were guided around this unusual day trip.

You can write it in the form of a timetable e.g.-

6.30am: Our space craft finally docked in the Planet Pandora main docking

station after a rather stressful 24 hour journey where we encountered a fierce

asteroid shower that caused me to accidently tip my liquidised pizza lunch all

down my space suit! I was not best pleased to be arriving at this stunning

planet smelling of pepperoni and parmesan cheese! My main concern was that

this may attract the unwelcome attention of creatures such as the Thanator

who are well known for being one of the most vicious man eaters on the

planet.

8.30 am: After a pleasant 2 hour walk through…….(describe the forests

etc)…….we stopped to sample some of Pandora’s natural delicacies: our tour

guide presented us with…( describe the planets you ate).

9.30 am: …………….and so on.

Continue with your description of your day and use the pictures and the film to

help you write an excellent recount of your day including a range of interesting

vocabulary:

Adjectives

Emotive language

Names of flora and fauna please

Cover all the senses- what you saw, smelled, heard, touched and

tasted.

Please write in the past tense and remember to spell past tense verbs

correctly!

I walk / I walked

We eat / We ate

I assume/ I assumed

It continues / It continued

We intend / We intended