•Where do you think the girl in the picture’s house is?
•What do you think her school is like?
•In what ways might it be similar/different to our school?
•How do you think the girl is feeling at this moment?
•What do you think she has in her bag?
•Why do you think she travels to school in this fashion?
Task 1
Create a comic strip of 5 or 6 pictures, showing the most exciting, dangerous or interesting journey to school you can imagine.
Don’t forget to use speech bubbles to show
what your characters might say.
Task 2
Finish writing this story using this starter.
Try to use your knowledge of the rainforest from Year 5 to help you or you could base it on the comic strip you have just created.
The wind rushed through her hair as she descended the mountain at great speed. For most children, this would be an exhilarating, even terrifying experience, but for Lucy it was just an ordinary journey to school.