Book Week Tasks - Read Across the Universe

Here are a variety of missions that you can do during Book Week.

Mission #1

• You've been chosen to represent Earth in a space ship travelling to the planet Draxnar, in the outer limits of the milky way.  You may take only ten things with a combined weight of one kilogram to remind you of home.  What would they be?

• Luckily, the space ship has a tiny library.  Choose five books that will help entertain and inform you on your journey.

• It is very cramped in your space ship.  What rules do you think you might need to help the crew live happily together?

• Part way through your journey, you receive a communication from the planet Gorgasauron.  How many names can you invent and write down for an alien from Gorgasauron? You have five minutes so write fast!!

• Draw one of the Drax and give them names.

• On Draxnar it's your job to persuade one of the Drax, a creature about your age, to come back to Earth with you.  How do you persuade this Drax to leave Draxnar and visit Earth?

Mission #2

• A portal has opened in the space-time continuum, allowing your to travel to another galaxy.  What are you doing when you discover the portal?  Which galaxy is it?  Describe what happens when you arrive at a new world.

• What problems might arise for people from Earth who encounter aliens?  Would it ever be possible for us all to get along?

• The alien race you meet offers you a video camera to record a message to send back to Earth.  In your video, briefly explain what has happened to you, and include come clips or still photographs of your new home.

• The zoo near your new home is full of strange species.  Draw, label and describe some.

Mission #3

• Design and create a card for a create from another galaxy, inviting it to join you in reading across the universe.

Mission #4

• Using PAINT, generate an avatar (you as a character) with a space theme.

Mission #5

• Design a logo for the theme, Read Across the Universe.  You could go it alone, or try an online logo generator like CoolText.

Mission #6

• Would you rather go on a journey into space or to the bottom of the ocean? Why? Write a letter to a friend, persuading them to you with you.

Mission #7

• Make a poster for the Book Week theme at a website called Poster My Wall.

Mission #8

• Mix and Match some animals at Switch Zoo and create a strange world for them to live in.