Uno's Garden

Uno's Garden - Homework Week 8

Understanding the need to protect and preserve our local environment

You have all read the story of Uno’s Garden.  Now use your thinking skills to answer these questions:

• Was it inevitable that the forest would change once Uno decided to live there? Do you think he knew this? How?

• How did his little cottage affect the forest?

• On the grey morning that the people of the city woke up and decided to leave, where might they have gone?

• Do you think the people of the city might have learned any lessons about taking care of the environment?

• What do you think they might do differently this time?

• What is the purpose of the 'completely ordinary Snortlepig' in the story?

• Can people live in harmony and balance with plants and other creatures?

• What are the lessons you have learned from reading this story?