Literacy: Musket Bay comprehension, and using story openers

We checked our answers to the Musket Bay questions.  We tried to find key words and evidence in the text for each of our answers.

We did not need to use a dictionary to find the meanings of the pirate words.  We were able to work out the meanings by reading the story.

The last question was the hardest.  It had 5 marks, so we had to find five different things to say.  Everything we say must be about THIS story, not things that could be about any story.  Also we must mention parts of the story in our answer.

After that we moved on to story writing practice.  We looked at story openers.  I chose the opener about Ingrid and the flowers, and I made up a story to fit it.  You can read my story on the boards above and below.  I planned the ending before I began to write.

At home please finish and check your story.  Check punctuation, vocabulary and WOW words.  Make sure you have not used the word then too much.  Avoid starting sentences with the words so or because.  Enjoy finishing and improving your story.