Wednesday 25th

Story starter!

She gritted her teeth and began the climb.

With her vulnerable young perched precariously on her back as she ascended the branch, the ext

Story starter!

She gritted her teeth and began the climb.

With her vulnerable young perched precariously on her back as she ascended the branch,Extra weight caused her paws to tremble, and her sensitive whiskers to twitch at the strain.

Now that their nest had gone, and storm clouds gathering overhead, she was desperate to find a new location to begin building again. It was their only chance…

The seventh baby spots a den, he tells his mum and they set of. When they got there, there were slugs, snails and spiders everywhere. It was dark, creepy and something was moving. Two bright orbs shone in the darkness, the mother trembled in fear and her babies ducked behind her hiding in her dirt old fur. Suddenly a happy voice exclaimed,

"Hello! Would you like to join me? I do love a visitor in my humble home...Do come in and join me, the weather is quite terrible today.'

She sighed in relief and let out a long slow breath, relived to have found a friendly animal to help her and her babies.

'Thank you so much, I was ever so worr....'

'Now, now, now, do come in from the rain and have some tea and cookies.'

With that she entered the friendly badger's den.

Question time!

What do you think has happened to their nest?

Got destroyed by the last storm.

What is the mother possum thinking?

That she needs to protect her family and find a home.

Which of the baby possums has the best seat and why?

The second one because its near its mums head and the others look uncomfortable or unsafe.

Possums have incredible senses. Which of our senses do you think we use the most?

Her sense of smell.

Sentence challenge!

Can you use adverbs in your writing to describe how something is done?

Skipping carefully inside

Can you use adverbs before nouns?

It sounds better after

Can you use adverbs after nouns?

Yes

E.g. Cautiously, the possum clambered up the branch.The possum cautiously clambered up the branch.