The Bear

Necessities
 Tasks based on
'The Bear Necessities'
Story starter
There was only one thing on her mind... Survival. With her
cubs by her side, she set off across the snow. She was their
protector, their teacher, their guide and their provider of food.
The weight of the task ahead weighed heavily on her
powerful shoulders.
Her cubs, only a few weeks old, seemed so vulnerable out
here, so tiny beside her. Their curious, wet-nosed faces looked
around in awe of the world they had been born into. They
meant everything to her, and she would do anything to keep
them safe.
She gave a gentle grunt, urging her cubs to keep up. They
had to stick together...

Continue the story.

Sentence starters
Use these sentence starters to write your own sentence or
paragraph.

1. All around them, they could see...

2. They trudged through...
3. They felt...
Word bank

family survival hunting

freezing camouflage Arctic

hibernate powerful blizzard

explore endangered environment

Question time
Where is the mother leading her cubs do you think?
Will they encounter any dangers along the way?
If the polar bears could speak, what would they be saying
to each other?
Do polar bears have conversations with each other?
Is it harder to survive in a really cold place or a really hot
place?
Sentence challenge
Try and make these sentences even more interesting.

1. The cubs were small.

2. They walked across the ground.
3. Their mother looked after them.
Punctuation challenge
Add the missing punctuation to these sentences.
1. there was only one thing on her mind survival
2. she was their protector their teacher their guide and their
provider of food
3. her cubs only a few weeks old seemed so vulnerable out
here so tiny beside her