Animal Airlines!
Story Starter
“Welcome to Animal Airlines: this is your Captain speaking! We will do everything we can to ensure you have an enjoyable and comfortable flight. Our highly trained crew will endeavour to meet your every need: the meerkats will provide in-flight entertainment, our koalas can bring you a variety of snacks, the sloths will take care of your luggage and the giraffes give excellent foot massages! For those of you wanting a good night’s sleep we have an excellent range of relaxing whale music available, or if it’s a party you’re after we have our in-flight music playing in the rear cabin, courtesy of ‘The Monkeys’. I once again do wish you a comfortable and enjoyable flight, and I can assure you that you can have every confidence in me as your Captain: everyone knows polar bears are extremely reliable!”
Your list of adjectives, verbs and adverbs.
Adjectives
Sleeping
Talking
watching
Verbs
Sleeping
Giraffe
Baby
Lady
Adverbs
Sleeping baby
The lady is admiring her baby sleeping peacefully.
The lady is holding her baby.
Adjectives are words which describe someone or something
Verbs are action words. cry , run dream, shout…..
Adverbs are words which describe actions, happily, loudly
Sentence Challenge
Can you begin a sentence with a verb ( action/doing word)
Laughing, has always been one of the best things I like to hear.
Smelling, the fresh bread baking in the morning makes my mouth water.
Sleeping, is one of the best things I like to do on Sunday morning.
Walking, is good for your health and exercise.
Write an ending to the story.
Can you continue this story about the flight on Animal Airlines? You could try describing what each of the animals do during the flight, making up jobs for various different animals.
This is your captain speaking we have landed safely at your destination you can now remove your seatbelt the giraffes will collect your food trays and the elephants will escort you to the gates.
Self Evaluation:
Did you find this activity difficult? A little bit
What did you find interesting? The 5 one
Do you need support? Yes
How well do you think you did? A little bit good
Do you think we need to make any changes to the activity?
What changes would you make?
I think yes
A panda