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DIFFICULTY:

Dear diary,

Today I reached the huge blue ocean. I looked at it and decided to jump in with

a huge SPLASH! It was freezing cold, but I had to keep going. Suddenly a seagull

landed on my head. It made me jump but he was just having a rest.

Soon, I found some friendly dolphins. I leapt out of the ocean, jumping and

splashing with them. We leapt through the air and I felt like I was flying! I kept

swimming and swimming and swimming but then my arms began to ache and legs

were getting sore.

Suddenly, I sank down deeper and deeper to the ocean floor. Then I felt my

feet touch the soft sand below. I could see lots of fish all different colours,

shapes and sizes swimming around me. I decided to walk along the golden sand at

the bottom of the sea, because my legs and arms were so tired.

All of a sudden, a ginormous, purple octopus reached out his huge tentacles and

tried to grab me! He nearly caught me. I was petrified so I quickly shuffled on.

Next I came to a garden of pink jellyfish with long tentacles trailing behind

them. I walked through them making sure I didn’t touch any of them because

jellyfish can give you a nasty sting!

After I walked through the jellyfish, I got my big foot stuck in a giant clam! I

shrieked with pain! I was not enjoying my trip through the sea, what a difficult

journey to take! Then, a massive green turtle gracefully swam up beside me. I

have always wanted to swim with a turtle. It was so exciting!

After all that adventure I was worn out. A colossal blue whale offered me a lift.

What a fun ride that was! I sat on his enormous tail and held on tight to his fin

with one hand. I could taste the salty sea as we splashed through the waves and

at last we reached the shore!

What a day! I can’t wait to find out what adventures I am going to have

tomorrow!

The Beast

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DIFFICULTY:

2. Look at the second paragraph. What creatures did the beast come across at this

point on his journey? Tick the correct answer:

dolphin

jellyfish

whale

turtle

1. What activity did the beast do first?

4. ‘I was petrified so I quickly shuffled on’

Find and copy one word that means the same as ‘terrified’.

3. Look at the paragraph beginning ‘Suddenly”.

Fill in the table below to indicate whether the statements are true or false.

The first one has been done for you.

The beast sank to the ocean floor.

All of the fish were the same colour

The sand was hard and brown.

The beast decided to walk along the sea bed.

True False

Questions

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6. Draw a story map to show the beast’s journey.

1.

2.

3.

7. This text is a diary entry.

Write down 3 features of the text that are typical of a diary entry.

5. Why was the beast trying to avoid the jellyfish? Tick the correct answer:

Jellyfish eat beasts.

Jellyfish are scared of beasts.

Jellyfish can sting.

Beasts are allergic to jellyfish.

Questions

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DIFFICULTY:

2. Look at the second paragraph. What creatures did the beast come across at this

point on his journey? Tick the correct answer:

dolphin

jellyfish

whale

turtle

1. What activity did the beast do first?

4. ‘I was petrified so I quickly shuffled on’

Find and copy one word that means the same as ‘terrified’.

3. Look at the paragraph beginning ‘Suddenly”.

Fill in the table below to indicate whether the statements are true or false.

The first one has been done for you.

The beast sank to the ocean floor.

All of the fish were the same colour

The sand was hard and brown.

The beast decided to walk along the sea bed.

True False

Answers

Jumped into the ocean.

petrified

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DIFFICULTY:

6. Draw a story map to show the beast’s journey.

1.

2.

3.

7. This text is a diary entry.

Write down 3 features of the text that are typical of a diary entry.

5. Why was the beast trying to avoid the jellyfish? Tick the correct answer:

Jellyfish eat beasts.

Jellyfish are scared of beasts.

Jellyfish can sting.

Beasts are allergic to jellyfish.

Answers

Accept any appropriate drawing which represents the events in the text.

Accept: written in first person/date/description of feelings/personal

opinions/describes an event/or valid alternative features of a diary.