The Explorer - Session 24 - Worksheet

The "Explorer" session 24 worksheet, produced by KS2Gems in 2021, offers a variety of engaging activities for Key Stage 2 pupils focused on the chapter titled "Max & Behind the Vines." The worksheet prompts a discussion on the motivations behind the characters' decision to venture behind the vines and the reasons for the author's choice to include a dramatic incident. It also poses a thought-provoking question about whether Fred should take on the responsibility of flying a plane. These discussion points are designed to delve deeper into the narrative and encourage critical thinking among the students.

In addition to the discussion, the worksheet includes a range of reading activities such as continuing a timeline of events, updating character analysis, engaging in drama exercises, making predictions about the story, and completing reading comprehension tasks. The session also covers key aspects of grammar and punctuation, including the use of direct speech, modal verbs, clause structures, sentence structures, and conjunctions. A "Words to Workshop" section provides vocabulary enrichment with words like 'writhing' and 'maniacal'. Writing opportunities encourage creativity, with tasks such as composing a diary entry, a prayer for Max, a letter from Fred to his father, and devising an alternative plan to the proposed flight. The worksheet also suggests cross-curricular links to subjects like science, computing, history, geography, art, design and technology (DT), music, physical education (PE), and personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE), highlighting the holistic approach of the lesson to learning.