"Our story begins on the ocean, with the wind and rain and thunder and lightning and waves. A hurricane roared and raged through the night. And in the middle of the chaos, a cargo ship was sinking down, down, down to the ocean floor." - The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

Download: KS2 Creative Writing Resource, The Wild Robot

This resource pack is designed to get 7-11 year olds thinking about the definition of 'adventure', exploring its themes and features before making their own unique mark within the genre. 

The lessons included in this pack are based on two classic adventure stories: Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie and The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, as well as a modern adventure novel, The Wild Robot, written and illustrated by Peter Brown. These books invite young people to explore, in every sense of the word, and to test the limits of adventure writing.

The six lessons included have been designed as sequential activities and can be taught as whole units or as individual activities to be dipped in and out of. Each activity will guide pupils through the different elements of the adventure genre, giving them the skills and confidence they need to draft, structure and write a creative piece of their own.