Demarcating sentences: bison

4 - Writing Ideas

Inspired by Nature Worksheet

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Writing Ideas

  • Writing in role of one of the bison in the clip, recall what happened in the fight. Describe your actions and how it made you feel.
  • Yellowstone National Park would like to display some information leaflets all about bison for their visitors. Write an informative leaflet or fact file, detailing what bison are like, where they live, what they eat and why they might fight.
  • Imagine you are an explorer who has been exploring the Yellowstone National Park. Write a diary entry describing your trip. Use your senses to describe what it is like there in the first paragraph. In the second paragraph, write about a bison wandering into view. How would you describe it? What happens next?

Related Clip

Bison sweep their heads through the snow to get at the grass below.

Credit: BBC Two – Yellowstone