The Giant Pacific Octopus

Giant Pacific Octopus

WALT: use our senses to make our writing more interesting.

Can you describe what a day in the life

of a Giant Pacific Octopus is?

Task 1: Watch the video clip on the site.

Make sure you watch carefully so you can

see what Giant Pacific Octopus look like.

Task 2: Brainstorm using some of your senses.

What can you see/hear/feel if you were to ever see a

Giant Pacific Octopus? Think about the shape of the

Octopus, what you think it’s skin might feel like.

Take a note of its environment.

What does an Octopus need to survive?

In this table, write the descriptive words that you would be able to see/hear/smell/touch/taste.

What can I see?	What can I hear?	What can I touch/feel?	What is in its environment?
tentacles	Squishy noises	slimy	Seaweed

Need some help? - make sure that you are using your

own words… if you happen to find a word that you don’t

know the meaning of, search what it means and then you

can use them in your writing!

Task 3: Write a description about what a day in the life of a

Giant Pacific Octopus is.

Start writing here:

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 The Giant Pacific Octopus is the largest,

strongest and smartest of all the others.

It can camouflage itself like anything else,

It’s tentacles will wrap you up like dinner so try and face

you’ll never beat it.

The Giant Pacific Octopus is located in the North and

South Pacific ocean. That is near the United States,

Alaska and Japan. The female octopus lays its eggs

in the cave and look after it for when the young hatch,

after the eggs hatch the mother sadly dies.

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