Y6+Time+travel+stories

**The task:** Here is part of a story: //Sam stumbled over something small on the ground. It was a// //little book of some kind. He picked it up and decided to look// //inside. As he turned its wrinkled cover, Sam found that he// //was in a place he couldn’t recognise, still with the book in// //his hands.//
 * // A Change in Time //**

Sam had travelled back to the past, or forwards to the future. **Write the story of what happened to Sam, when he travelled back or forwards in time. Lois' opening and ending:** (Opening) 'I hate her,' thought Lola, an 11 year old girl, as she stormed out of her house. 'I'm going to leave home and never come back.' As Lola walked down the street, she came across a little old fashioned book shop.

Lola slowly wandered through the deserted library as she came across lots of old, torn, battered books covered in heaps of dust. "Hmm, old fashioned time-travel book huh? What a load of rubbish!" she whispered obnoxiously. "Who'd wanna read this?" she cackled, as she carelessly chucked it back on the shelf.

(Ending) Lola rushed round and round searching for the old book. Finally she remembered what she had to say. "I want to go home. I want to go home," Lola said. Suddenly she found herself on her front door step with her mum smiling at her. "Mum, you're here," she said, giving her a big hug. "Where did you go?" asked her mum worriedly. "It's a long story," replied Lola as they sat down and had a cup of hot chocolate.

 How does the opening show the reader how the character is feeling? How have the character's feelings changed by the end of the story?

(Opening) The house was an old-fashioned Victorian building surrounded by candyfloss coloured rose bushes. Many ordinary people would think it was homely and pleasant, but not everyone agreed.
 * Sammi's opening and ending:**

"I hate it," Jessica grunted, while frowning at the cream, floral walls. "I want to stay in London with my friends!" She sloucehed on the sofa carelessly reading a magazine. "Calm down, darling, you will soon make friends and have a wonderful time!" her mum said, trying to sound convincing. "No!" she screamed. "I want to go home." Jessica swifly raced out of the room with Jake trotting behind happily.

About ten minutes later, they were deep in the village staring at the old fashioned shops. "Ugh, this place is so boring," Jessica wailed. "Woof!" barked Jake, as if he was agreeing.

(Ending) Jessica looked down at her feet and a single tear drop fell down from her eye. "Mum?" she whispered. "I can't come home, I'm stuck in this stupid chocolate place." She began to feel angry. "I want to go home!" she screeched. "I want to go home!"

Amazingly she began to twist and turn up into the air with Jake. "Wha - What?" she asked in confusion. "I said, give this place a chance!" a voice said. "Huh?" Jessica asked and then, hugely relieved, she was back home. "Okay, I'll give it a chance," she laughed, while hugging her mum.

How do we know who Jake is? How do the character's feelings about her new home change?