big write assessment
Homework 1.2.18
This week we have read ‘The Pebble in my Pocket’. This is a non-fiction narrative telling the story of a pebble 480 million years ago to the present day. Here is a brief summary of what we have discussed in class.
“The pebble in my pocket is round and smooth and brown. I found it on the ground. My pebble has been on top of mountains and under the sea. It has been buried in ice and buried in rock. It has been covered in drying sand and tropical forest. It has been flung and dropped, frozen, soaked and baked, squeezed and squashed. It has been stood on and sheltered under and used. It has travelled huge distances, over immense periods of time.” The Pebble in my Pocket by Meredith Hooper and Chris Coady.
This week I would like the children to retell the story of the pebble in their pocket. I would like them to plan the journey of the pebble. The children can write in the first person, as though they are the pebble, or write in the third person retelling the story.
Questions to think about:
Why was the Precambrian era unsettled?
What happened to the pebble when the ground shook and the volcanoes erupted?
What noises would the pebble hear? What lived on the land?
Why did the land rise and buckle?
Might the pebble be near the top of a mountain? Does it fall?
What was the weather like?
What new creatures evolved on the Earth’s surface and sea in the Paleozoic era?
Why does erosion change the course of the pebble?
What comes out of the sea? How has it evolved?
Why does the rain make the pebble move? Where does it go?
Where does the river go?
How is sand made? What can the pebble see in the sea?
What dinosaurs does the pebble see in the Mesozoic era? What do they look like? What do they sound like?
Mammals would hide under rocks in the day and hunt at night. Who might shelter near the pebble?
Which meat-eating dinosaurs does the pebble see?
Which plant-eating dinosaurs does the pebble see?
Why does the pebble not move in the Cenozoic era?
How does the ice change the landscape?
How might early man use the pebble?
Where does your pebble end up? Forest Schools, your back garden, a fossil in a museum.
Just answering a few questions from this list will help the children to develop a storyline.
Children are welcome to develop a storyline at home to help their flow in class next week when we write up the journey.
Please use the time with your child to develop and research ideas. One to one help is priceless to your child’s education. The internet has endless information should you wish to develop this theme further.
There are no spellings this week due to this homework taking priority.
Many thanks
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