Darwin's Dragons - Session 7 - Chapters 20 - 24 - Worksheet

In Session 7 of "Darwin's Dragons," students delve into chapters 20 to 24 with a variety of engaging activities. Discussion questions encourage critical thinking about Covington's feelings upon discovering the buccaneer and his reasons for playing 'Amazing Grace' before departing. Students are also prompted to consider what Covington's plans might be, demonstrating their understanding and inference skills. Reading activities include continuing a timeline to track key events and listing the flora and fauna from the book. They are invited to step into Covington's shoes and imagine his next steps, update the character analysis from a previous session, and complete a reading comprehension exercise.

The worksheet includes a 'Grammar Hunt' focusing on conjunctions, expanded noun phrases, rhetorical questions, dashes, and adverbs. A 'Words to Workshop' section helps expand vocabulary with a range of descriptive terms. Writing opportunities encourage creativity and research skills, with tasks such as creating a fact file on sea lions, narrating the buccaneer's backstory, and explaining how earthquakes occur. Cross-curricular links are extensive, with science topics ranging from plants to evolution, computing tasks like database creation and animation, and historical studies of Victorian England and the Pacific's Ring of Fire. Geography activities involve map work and understanding climate zones, while art, music, PE, RE, and PSHE are integrated to offer a holistic educational experience that covers courage, resilience, risk-taking, determination, adaptability, and discussions on death.