A New World

Story starter!

The grass is disappearing... The lonely, pleading trees and plants are vanishing... Wildlife all around me is reluctantly surrendering to a new enemy. Nature is being consumed. My friends are leaving. Soon it will be my turn. I was panting as in the world was about to end. My green grass was suddenly disappearing right in front of my own two eyes. Not doing anything made me feel even worse since I could not do anything I could at least get someone else to do it suddenly I realised exactly what to do...

Who/what do you think is saying these things?the girl. What is happening to the World? The cites are taking over.

Can you continue the story? You could write in the first person, expressing the ‘thing's' emotions at having his/her home taken away. You could do a piece of persuasive writing about ‘Saving the Planet' or ‘Protecting our World' or 'The Importance of Recycling'.

Earth is being transformed into a modern age of grey. It seems to be what people want; roads, skyscrapers

and machines. 'Technology' they call it. A ‘modern age' they say it will be.

Alternatively, you could write a balanced argument: 'How important is technology to human beings?

I often see people walking past, casually picking a leaf from my branches not even thinking about what they are doing. I've heard stories of people chopping down trees by the thousand. I've heard stories of whole mountains of rubbish; towers of unwanted waste that nobody knows what to do with. I'm not sure people

truly understand the consequences of all their actions, of all these new towns and cities.

You could even do a newspaper report about how humans are destroying the planet. It makes me sad. My friends and I might not be around forever. Does anyone care?

Question time!

Do you think technology is a good thing or a bad thing?good thing because it saves peoples lives. Can it be both?yes Would you rather live in a city or in the countryside?countryside What can we do in the future to look after our planet?stop littering What do you do already?pick up rubbish If you could ask the world a question, what would it be?do you eavn care the are world is being destroy? 

Perfect picture!

Think about what the perfect place to live would look like. Would it be a city or a village or in the countryside? Draw or write what you have imagined.

Sentence challenge!

Can you include a complex sentence containing a main clause and a subordinate clause? Can you separate the clauses using a comma? Can you use one of the following conjunctions to link your clauses: but, or, yet, so? e.g. He had once been blissfully happy in this place, but now everything was changing

I once was blissfully happy in this town,yet it is changing right in front of my eyes.

Sick sentences!

This sentence is ‘sick' and need help to get better. Can you help?

The big zip was pulling the big buildings over the grass.

The giant zip was tugging the giants cities over  the fields of grass.