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Y5A Curiosity WO1 Immerse L2

Literacy Counts

Created on May 11, 2026

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Immerse Lesson 2

Can I write a metaphor poem?

Sentence Accuracy

Sentence Accuracy

Quick Build: single-clause sentence

Verb

travelled

Who/What

Sentence

I travelled.

Add Detail: expanded noun phrase

I travelled through

the vast, empty darkness of space around me.

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Re-read

Build

the vast, empty darkness of space around me.

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Check

I travelled through

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My turn to write the sentence.

Listen to my writer's voice.
Let me hide it!Now your turn.

Your turn to write a sentence.

Write?
Dictate?
Adapt/Extend?
Combine?
Fix?

Use your Sentence Checker

Sentence time over! Click to move on.

Quick Build: single-clause sentence

Verb

crossed

Subject

Sentence

I crossed.

Add Detail: expanded noun phrase

I crossed

the wide, expansive plains of the red planet beneath me.

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Re-read

Build

the wide, expansive plains of the red planet beneath me.

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Check

I crossed

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My turn to write the sentence.

Listen to my writer's voice.
Let me hide it!Now your turn.

Your turn to write a sentence.

Write?
Dictate?
Adapt/Extend?
Combine?
Fix?

Use your Sentence Checker

Sentence time over! Click to move on.

Can I write a metaphor poem?

New words in our book

Click for definitions!

intrigues

atmosphere

delayed

detached

slack

hurtling

Click for definitions!

blast off

rough terrain

evidence of water

'Seven Minutes of Terror'

sky crane manoeuvre

burning curiosity

Click for definitions!

plutonium

rover

heat shield

boosters

Book Time

Who?
What?
Where?
Why?

Let's look at the title of Curiosity and read the whole text. Were your predicitons correct?

When?
How?

Step Inside: Bring your scene to life

Illustration 1:Close-up of Mars in space

What can you hear? Is it loud or quiet?

Illustration 2:Earth in space, looking over at Mars in the distance

What can you see around you?
How might you describe this place?
What would it feel like to touch?
What might it feel like to be there?
Is it calm or busy?

Illustration 3:The module in space getting closer to Mars

My turn to write a metaphor poem.

Your turn to write a metaphor poem.

Use your Sentence Checker

Can I write a metaphor poem?

CEW

Handwriting

Writing Effects

Spelling

Ideas

Other...

Feedback: Who did what well?

a powerful radioactive metal used for energy

launch into space

a system that lowered the rover onto Mars using cables

a protective layer against extreme heat

makes someone very curious

the layer of gases around a planet

a very strong desire to know something

made late or slowed down

separated from something else

I crossed

the wide, expansive plains of the red planet beneath me.

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loose or not tight

uneven, rocky ground

a vehicle that explores a planet

the dangerous landing time for the Mars rover

rockets that help a spacecraft lift off

proof that water existed

moving very fast

I travelled through

the vast, empty darkness of space around me.

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Act it out? Words that are similar? Words that are opposite? Say it? Draw it? Spell it? Say it in a sentence?

Act it out? Words that are similar? Words that are opposite? Say it? Draw it? Spell it? Say it in a sentence?

Act it out? Words that are similar? Words that are opposite? Say it? Draw it? Spell it? Say it in a sentence?