Story starter! It had not rained for years. Nothing ever ...

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Story starter!

! It had not rained for years. Nothing ever grew here. The earth was a dry and dusty wasteland.

! Things were about to change…

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Sentence challenge!

! Can you write a compound sentence, where a colon separates two independent clauses?

! The first independent clause describes something and the second gives extra detail.

! E.g. The earth was incredibly dry: it had not rained for over 100 years.

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Question time!

! What do you think will happen now that there is water?

! Why do you think there was no water to begin with?

! Is this a normal plant?

! Where has this strange pipe come from? Who/what is controlling it?

! What would happen to our world if there was no water?

! Where does our water come from?

! What makes water so precious? Is water more valuable than money?

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Sick sentences!

These sentences are ‘sick’ and need help to get better. Can you help?

! Water came out of the pipe. The plant began to grow.

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Perfect picture!

Imagine what the plant will look like after it has grown. Draw or describe what you have imagined. It may not look like a normal plant…

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