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The way back home

A young boy builds himself a rocket and sends himself off to Space.  He lands on a far away planet.  His spaceship breaks down, a friendly alien lands and he breaks down too.  The little boy parachutes to earth to get some tools to fix the ship.  He gets back by way of a huge ladder, fixes the machines and then they both fly off.
It is a really simple adventure (cross-genre) story.  I would use this story in KS1 and Y3.  It is a simple narrative structure that the children could rewrite the story using connectives to join passages together.

Teaching Ideas:
  • Write a diary/recount of the adventure.
  • Build a rocket in class and let the children decide where it is going.
  • Write a holiday brochure page for their destination.
  • Write dialogue between the boy and the alien.
  • Write a description of the alien or the strange place in which they land.


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