Ocean Adventure Reading Skills

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Ocean adventure scene with waves and sea creatures

🎯 WALT: We Are Learning To understand character feelings in ocean stories

Success Criteria:

• I can identify how characters feel
• I can find clues in the text
• I can explain why characters act the way they do

Story Extract: (Read this passage about Maya's underwater adventure)

Maya put on her diving mask and jumped into the clear blue water. Her heart was beating fast. She had never dived this deep before. Below her, she could see colourful fish swimming around a shipwreck. "This is amazing!" she thought. But then she noticed her air tank was running low. Maya started to swim up quickly, feeling worried.

1. How does Maya feel at the beginning of her dive?

Excited but nervous

Very angry

Completely calm

2. What makes Maya feel worried?

The colourful fish

Her air tank running low

The clear blue water

3. Find and copy the words that show Maya was nervous:

_________________________________

🐠 Part 2: Character Actions and Feelings

4. Why do you think Maya "started to swim up quickly"?

5. Complete this sentence about Maya:

Maya is a _____________ character because she ___________________.

6. What would you do if you were Maya? Tick all that apply:

Stay calm and swim up slowly

Signal for help

Panic and swim very fast

Check the air tank again

🌊 Part 3: Creative Response

7. Write what Maya might say when she reaches the surface safely:

8. Draw or describe what Maya saw around the shipwreck:

Differentiation Support:

🔵 Extra Help: Use the word bank: scared, excited, beautiful, dangerous, colourful
🟡 Challenge: Explain how the setting (underwater) affects Maya's feelings
🟢 Dyslexia Support: Highlight key words in the passage before answering