Squirrel Me Timbers
Sammy, the pirate squirrel, finds a treasure map and embarks on an exciting adventure to find the treasure! Follow Sammy as he navigates through various obstacles and dangerous environments to find the hidden cache of nuts. Can you spot the treasure when Sammy arrives at where "X" marks the spot?
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story grammar
Main Character: Sammy the pirate squirrel
Setting: deep in the forest, over night
Initiating Event: Sammy found a treasure map and wanted to use it to find the hidden nuts
Feelings: excited, determined
Plan: follow the map to where X marks the spot
Action: Sammy followed the map and overcame many obstacles
Solution: Sammy kicked the tree and thousands of nuts rained down
Ending: the trees grew from the nuts that the pirate squirrels buried many years ago
summary (SWBST)
Somebody: Sammy
Wanted: to follow the map to the treasure
But: when he got to where X marks the spot, he didn’t see any treasure
So: he kicked a tree
Then: thousands of nuts rained down
Past Tense Verbs
lived, named, dreamed, cried, dashed, yelled, shouted, lurked, buried, landed, fixed, looked, kicked, howled, lied, grew, hung, flew, found, shot, said, struck, felt, began
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Plural Nouns
trees, seas, toes, eyes, nuts, squirrels, pirates, thistles, bristles, me hearties, teeth
Vocabulary
matey, cross (mad), cannon, thistle, lurk, frightening, vessel, eerie, spooky, marsh, bounty