Darwin's Dragons Reading Term 1.1 by

Chapter 4

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Chapter 5

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Chapter 6

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Challenge!!

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Label your diagram using relevant quotes from the text.

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Chapter 14

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Chapter 15

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Chapter 16

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Character Roles

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Protagonist - The protagonist is the main character in a story and the person that the story is written about. The writer usually develops the plot around the protagonist. So, the story may revolve around something the protagonist wants to achieve or a problem that they need to solve.
Antagonist - This is a person that opposes or fights against another character (usually the protagonist). You might also know them by the term villain.
Love Interest - A person whose main role in the story is to fall in love with the protagonist.
Foil - A character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) to highlight their qualities or progress the plot.
Supporting Characters - the supporting characters can be anyone who isn't the protagonist, antagonist, love interest, or foil. These might be the protagonist's friends and family, or people they meet along the way.

Identify characters' roles from other texts you have read. Brightstorm? Wonderscape? Harry Potter?

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Identify different characters' roles within Darwin's Dragons.

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How are relationships affected by the different characters' roles you have identified from other texts?

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Why might authors depend on this variety of character roles?

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Possible Plot Points

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Syms washes ashore on a mysterious Galápagos island.
He discovers strange, dragon-like creatures.
Syms struggles to survive on limited resources.
He forms a cautious bond with a young dragon.
The dragon leads Syms to hidden water and food sources.
Syms observes the dragons' behavior and ecosystem.
He realizes the dragons may be linked to Darwin’s theories.
Syms tries to document his discoveries.
Syms encounters threats from other creatures on the island.
His connection with the young dragon deepens.
Syms plans a way to escape the island and return to the crew.
He faces internal conflict between survival and revealing the dragons' existence to the world.

Writing Frame Support

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Main Task Extract

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It was a mound, covered in rags, dust rising from it. I steppe over the mouldering ropes and shifted aside canvas, stiff and blackened in places, to reveal wooden planks. No, not planks, curved wooden slats. It took a long moment to make sense of what I was seeing.

It was a better find than any treasure.

A boat.

A tiny boat, face down resting against the wall of the cave. I pushed the canvas to the floor. There were no obvious holes in the wood, although it was crumbling in places. Some of the pitch that must once have coated it was worn away, but it looked remarkably sound, considering.

A boat. On this island there was a fire-breathing dragon, an active volacano and no fresh water supply. Sending a fire or smoke signal wasn't going to be enough, or even possible, what with the dragon having me in its sights.