On day 6 of being stranded on the island, the narrator runs out of food supplies. Their stomach grumbles from hunger. While searching near the river, they slip and fall in, panicking until they realize the water is shallow. They continue searching and find some small, brown balls that they determine are coconuts. The narrator attempts to open the coconuts but struggles until figuring out how to use rocks to crack them open, revealing the sweet coconut meat inside.

1. Recounts
• We are learning to write interesting
recounts and elaborate on our ideas.
Success criteria:
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2. Alone and
Abandoned!
On a deserted island……..

3. Day One…………
• You awake to find I opened my eyes and saw many fallen
coconut trees. I screamed, “Arghhhhh”.
yourself left on an But all I heard was the sea crashing against
unknown island. the rocks, like two trucks colliding.
• Try to recall how you The last thing I remember I was
scubadiving under some caves but
arrived there but your suddenly my tank got clogged with the
memory is blurry… swishy, swoshy sea.
In front of me was golden sand and silver
• Describe your immediate clouds.
surroundings, describe I looked behind me and I saw sparkling
what you see waterfalls and forest flowers that were blue,
yellow, pink, purple and white.
• What is the weather like?
I could hear...
• How do you feel?
The sky was…
I started to feel….
because…

4. Have a go- remember to keep it spicy
Use these sentence starters to help you- you can come
up with different or change these if you want to.
•I opened my eyes and …..
•The last thing I remembered was
•In front of me I could see…
•I looked back and saw
•I could hear…
•The sky was…
•I started to feel….
•because…

5. Day Two…….
• You have explored your island . Draw a
map of it and include natural features you
have discovered eg. Rivers, hills, cliffs.
Every pirate knows maps
must have a key!

7. Day two
• Write a paragraph describing what you
found today on your island. Use the
sentence starter to help you.
• I tried to explore the whole Island. I
encountered…

8. Doghead Island
• I tried to explore the whole Island. I
encountered many strange things, including a massive
lump of treacherous quicksand positioned in the middle of the
forest. Luckily, I was able to find a lagoon on the West side of
the island that was full of fish. As I traveled further up the
Island, I heard a trickling sound- FRESH WATER. I ran
towards the sound and saw a gleaming, blue river. Jackpot!- I
thought to myself. I followed the river until I came to a
waterfall flowing down an enormous mountain. I decided to
climb to the top and ride the waterfall like a hydroslide. But
something caught my eye as I was teetering on the top.
Clouds of smoke in the distance came spurting out the top of
a large mountain, like steam escaping a kettle. Oh no, a
volcano- I thought to myself.

9. Day Three…..
• A ship passes you on the north coast.
Draw the ship that you see.. Is it a sailing
boat, a freight ship, a dinghy???

10. Day three
• : - how did you feel when you first saw the
ship? How did you try and contact them?
How did you feel when your attempt failed
and the ship sailed away?
• .Use the sentence starter to help you…
• I woke up on the third day
and…

11. Day three…
• I woke up on the third day and I could hear loud booming
music from the North. I ran up the coast and scrambled up
one of the Island’s treacheurous mountains. From the top I
could see a spot of gleaming light in the water- a ship, a
ship- I was saved. I slid back down the mountain, about as
gracefully as an elephant dancing. I continued running
North to where I had seen the ship and the music was
getting louder. As I reached the top of the Island I could see
that it was a sailing ship. I squinted really hard and made
out a group of people on the deck of the boat. “Help!”, I
screamed at the top of my lungs. They didn’t even look
back. The music had drowned out the sound of my voice.
• I sat down, defeated. I put my hands in my hair and
weaped. Was that my only hope? Would I ever get out this
place? I felt as dark as the night sky.

12. Day three
• I woke up on the third day and… continued to explore
the Island. I climbed up the jagged cliff face at the North
of the Island and I couldn’t believe my eyes. A massive
freight ship was cruising by the Island. This was it,
halieluyah- I was saved. But then I started to panic,
sweat started dripping down my face. I needed to create
a signal to get their attention. What would they see
though? Ahhhh huh- I thought to myself. Two sticks,
some of that light grass stuff and alotta muscle, luckily I
had more muscles than the Incredible Hulk! I was going
to make a massive smoke signal- that would do the trick.
I started to rub the sticks together, back and forth, back
and forth. I gave it 110% but no smoke, not even a speck
of smoke! As I looked up the ship was way, way in the
distance. I had missed my golden opportunity. Guess I
was stuck here.

13. Day Four……
• A storm is approaching. You must find
shelter quickly.
• How do you feel about the bad weather?
• Are you missing your family even more?
• What could you do to protect yourself
against the elements? Where are you
sheltering?

14. Shelter
• Where do you find shelter?
• Talk with the person next to
you the places you could find
shelter on your Island. Could it
be in the old abandoned hut, a
cave, treehouse, do you make
something out of sticks etc
• Describe what it looks like,
feels like, smells like.

15. Describing a storm
• Come up with some metaphors that
describe a storm.
• The clouds teased the sun until he ran away.
• The wind whispered threats in my ear.
• Thunder yelled at the lightning and the lightning pulled
out its sword, ready for battle.

16. SHELTER
• The sky broke in like a robber on day 4, stealing all the light and
kidnapping the sun. The clouds moved in like massive grey security
guards at a jewelry store, they hovered over me, making sure they
could see me at all times. I knew what this ment, any minute the sky
would start pelting at me. So I started to run, I remembered that I
had seen a cave near the east side of the island- that was my only
hope of keeping dry. I darted and dived through the lush green
forest, being careful not to run into poisin ivy. I reached the cliff face
just as the sky started to cry. There it was, right on the edge, an
opening. I crawled in just as the sky yelled out in rage, I hated the
sound of that thunder. As I sat curled up in the dark, musky cave,
my mind started to wonder- what was my family doing? Did they
realise I was missing? Did they even care? Jealousy took over me
at the thought of them lounging around the t.v, drinking milo and
having a good old time. I prayed that atleast one of them would
realise I was missing.

17. Day Five…….
• They are not your footprints….you are not
alone. Who or what is on the island with
you…...?

18. Day 5
• You have a narrow escape while away
from your shelter.
- Is it a wild animal?
- Is it unfriendly natives?
- Draw what it is you encountered…

19. Day 5
• Begin your encounter with this sentence
starter…
• I decided to leave my shelter and
continue exploring the island until I
came across…. FOOTPRINTS. They
looked like…

20. Day 5
• I decided to leave my shelter and continue
exploring the island until I came across….
FOOTPRINTS. They looked like the size of human
footprints but they sunk into the ground quite deep. I decided to follow the
footprints incase there was somebody else on the island, and if there was,
they could help me. The footsteps led me down the sand of the coast and
into the opening of the forest. I hesitated as I heard a massive roar coming
from the distance. “Don’t be a wimp”, I said out loud. As I built up my
courage and ventured into the forest I could smell beautiful tropical flowers
and hear the songs of exotic parrots. Why hadn’t I been here earlier?
BANG! In the flash of a second I had been hit in the head with a giant
banana. As I gathered myself I looked up and met the black eyes of a giant,
brown gorilla. My knees trembled like a rattlesnake and cold sweat poured
down my back. I started to think- why did I never watch Animal Planet? Too
late now, I ran for it. I’m pretty sure I ran faster than Usaine Bolt. I
scrambled back up the coast and into the arms of my beloved cave.

21. Day Six……
• You have run out of food supplies. You will
need to search for food. Describe what
you find.
• What does it taste like?
• Do you attempt to cook anything?
• What will you cook it in?

22. Day 6- what to eat…
• Griiiilllummble-my stomach grumbled as I realised I had no food left.
The midnight snack I had the night before must’ve done it. The only
option I had was leaving my beloved cave and searching for food.
Off I went, my feet dragging along the ground with exhaustion. I
came to the river that split the Island in two. I could run and jump
and try and make it across, swing over on a vine or try and build a
raft. I decided to go with the first option. I took four giant steps
backward and ran like the wind, only my foot slipped on the bank of
the river and I face planted into the water. I panicked, splashing
about the water like a manic salmon. As I slowly clamed down I
realised the water was only knee deep. I was glad at that moment I
was alone- I was so embarrassed. I continued on, searching like
crazy for anything edible. I came across some pee-sized l, brown
balls. As I lifted them up to my mouth a shot of musky, burnt hair hit
my nose. I knew this wasn’t lunch. As I continued on I walked past a
brightly speckled bush. I investigated further and discovered they
were berries. I placed the red berry in my hand and gave it a wiff,
just to be sure. The flavour of rasberry licorice tickeled my taste
buds as I muched down on berry after berry.

23. Day Seven…..
At last you are rescued! How do you feel when you
see the ship, plane, raft…….?
How do you feel about leaving the island and
meeting your family again?
Are you sorry to go?
How will this experience affect you in the future?

24. Day Seven
End your story with one thing this
experience has taught you…
Although I was happy to leave the Island it had taught me a lot and
made me realise the importance of watching Animal Planet.
Although I was happy to leave the Island it had taught me a lot and
made me realise the importance of watching Bear Grylls.
One thing the Island taught me was to never mess with an angry
gorilla.
One thing the Island taught me was to always give your food the sniff
test.