English The Garden of Life – Task 1Think of nouns, adjectives and verbs that describe the picture. Write them in each of the columns below, some examples have been included for you already.

Adjectivesdescribing words

Nounsnames of

places, people or things

Verbsdoing words

Adverbsdescribe the verb

majestic stag staring

curiously

English The Garden of Life – Task 2

In the garden of life, nothing was quite as it seemed… During the day, everything was peaceful. In fact, the garden was completely silent. The only sound that was ever heard during the day was the gentle whispering of the wind. The lady of the garden seemed to be sleeping. She lay there, motionless, all day.Then, as the sun began to sink below the clouds on the horizon, and darkness crept over the garden, one enormous, green eyelid suddenly opened. She was awake…

Describe the animals and creatures that magically come alive at night.Use your work from Task 1 to write creative and exciting sentences.Below, is one idea to get you started. The majestic stag stared curiously across the Garden of Life.

English The Garden of Life – Task 3

Look closely at the fox; he is walking gingerly off the lady’s hand. I wonder what she has asked him to do? The stag seems to have been part of their conversation. Write what was said: here are some questions that may help you to structure your dialogue.

What did the lady ask the fox to do? What information did the fox ask for? What did the stag say when he heard what the lady wanted the fox to

do? What did the fox ask the stag? What did the stag suggest?

English The Garden of Life – Task 4

In the garden of life, nothing was quite as it seemed… During the day, everything was peaceful. In fact, the garden was completely silent. The only sound that was ever heard during the day was the gentle whispering of the wind. The lady of the garden seemed to be sleeping. She lay there, motionless, all day.Then, as the sun began to sink below the clouds on the horizon, and darkness crept over the garden, one enormous, green eyelid suddenly opened. She was awake…

Use your ideas from Tasks 2 & 3 to continue the story about the Garden of Life in your own words; remember to include some of the dialogue that you created in Task 3. Below is an idea for the start that you may want to use.The majestic stag stared curiously across the Garden of Life. It was time. The magnificent lady had spoken wisely. Both he and the wily, brave fox knew what they must now do.

English The Garden of Life – Task 4 continued

English The Garden of Life – Task 5Read through, check and correct your writing.

Are capital letters and full stops in the correct places? Do your sentences make sense? Have you included direct speech? If so, have you punctuated it

correctly? Are there any improvements to your word choices that you could make?

Complete your story with a stunning picture!