In class this week we have been writing explanation texts about 'The Great Fire of London'. Can you write your own explanation text about what happened in the fire?
Try to include:
Headings
Exciting adjectives
Exclamation sentences
Question sentences
Commas in a list
Words with suffixes- awful, dreadful, amazement, hopeless, fearless, sadness
Nice job.
ReplyDeleteIsaac from Acocks Green Primary School.
The Great Fire of London started on the 2 September 1666 in a bakery because of Thomas Farynor. He forgot to turn the oven off. Because of this his house started to burn. Since the houses were made of wood they burnt very quickly. The fire spread rapidly as the houses were so close to each other. They were so close you could reach out and touch the house next to you.
ReplyDeleteThe Great Fire of London was a sad time because lots of people’s houses were burnt by the fire. Surprisingly, only six people died. To escape the fire some people used carts, boats and horses to get away from London.
The city of London
ReplyDeleteLondon in 1666 was very different than the one we know today.Houses were so close together that you could reach out and touch your neighbour.
Smell of smoke
Thomas Fairiner owned a busy bakery in Pudding Lane.He was baking yummy food for someone but he forgot to take it out and left over night.
Panic and distraction
The immense fire soon spread.Later in the bright morning,the dreadful fire came in the bakery.Everybody jumped on the big roof, but sadly a little child was too scared and she died in the fire.
Fighting the fire
People used buckets to cool the fire down.But they were hopeless, because the fire was great and there was not enough people to fight against it.
City in ruins
The fire ended and the city was ruined.The king ordered:''That the city should be rebuilt but not the same way!''
Katie (Great Fire).
In the GREAT FIRE OF LONDON broke out in 1660 September 2nd to 5th September in a pudding lane. The fire got passed by wind from west to north from north to east. Lots and lots of people died,got injured even got hurt and the affectected people's family felt very awful and very sad. For 3 days and a lots of houses and cars got burnt, broken and fell. [Sahana GREAT FIRE]
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ReplyDeleteFROM SAHANA GREAT FIRE.
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DeleteYou have done some great work on the Great fire including apostrophes and suffixes. Could you add a few more paragraphs with headings? How did the people escape? How did they try to put the fire out?
THE TOWN OF LONDON ON FIRE IN 1666.
ReplyDeleteIn 1666, London was very likely to be one of the biggest and wealthiest cities in the world. Many people stayed outside for long because it was hot and sunny. The wooden houses could easily catch fire, since the weather made the wood dry and crisp. In the poorest places of London, the houses were so close to each other that neighbours could reach each other. Usually, when people finished cooking, the fire was beaten down to ashes.
SMELL OF SMOKE.
One day, Thomas Farriner was cooking in a bakery. On September, the 1st, no one made sure that the fire was put out after baking. When Thomas's family went to sleep, the helpful worker was woken up by the smell of smoke. "Wake up, wake up!", cried the worker. On September, the 2nd, the fire broke out but Thomas's family could not escape down the stairs so they bravely jumped on their neighbour’s roof. The maid was too scared to jump, so she sadly died. What a terrible way to die!
PANIC AND DESTRUCTION.
On the morning of September, the 2nd, the deadly fire could be seen as far as quarter of a mile. People started to escape on boats and carts. They buried their belongings and ran for their life. The awful flames swallowed everything in their path. The breeze made the dreadful fire to spread faster.
FIGHTING THE FIRE.
People were using fire squirts from old fire engines and buckets of water to cool down the horrible fire. The Lord Mayor said, “let’s pull down the houses to break the fire!” However, this was hopeless because the fire spread rapidly. Then the Lord Mayor went to the King. He exclaimed, “What can I do? I have been pulling down houses, but the fire is flowing from house to house faster than we can think!” King Charles II ordered the houses to be blown up or blasted.
CITY IN RUINS.
After the fourth day, the winds began to weaken and the fire had finally stopped. Thirteen thousand businesses were burnt to the ground. Thirteen thousand two hundred houses were destroyed and turned to ashes. St Paul’s Cathedral had been demolished. The city was in ruins. It was reported that six people had died in the Great Fire of London, but the actual numbers would have been in hundreds.
Would you have liked to live in London in 1666? How would you have escaped?