Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised - The Great Fire of London : Phase 5

The

Great FFire ire of London

Phase 5 Set 5 5 Phonemes covered: /ai/ ea, ey /j/ dge /m/ mb /n/ kn, gn /or/ our /sh/ ti, ssi, si /zh/ si, su

for Letters and Sounds Revised

The

Great Fire of London

One Sunday in 1666, a fire started in a bakery on Pudding Lane in London, and quickly spread across the city. Why did it burn so quickly and how was it finally put out?

Browse the complete Collins catalogue at

www.collins.co.uk

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2 September 1666 It’s one in the morning. A fire races up the walls of a bakery on Pudding Lane.

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The baker and his family know they must take action.

They wrench open a window and escape over the rooftops.

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Church bells disturb the peace – something is wrong!

People race along the streets, knocking loudly on doors. They shout wildly. Fire is menacing the city of London!

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By six in the morning, the streets are full of confusion.

Voices in concerned conversation say that three hundred houses burned down in the night. Now one hundred burn every hour!

Tower of London Pudding Lane

river

London Bridge

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3 September 1666 Fire leaps across the narrow spaces between the houses.

It climbs the walls as hot embers fall, burning the people below. Half the city is destroyed.

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The easterly wind forces the fire onwards. It has not rained since last month, so the dry wooden houses catch fire easily.

The combination of dry weather, wooden houses and wind means the city is blazing.

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People quickly pack their possessions. They kneel in their gardens, hiding their treasures, like spices and expensive cheese, in pits.

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The

Great FFire ire of London

Phase 5 Set 5 5 Phonemes covered: /ai/ ea, ey /j/ dge /m/ mb /n/ kn, gn /or/ our /sh/ ti, ssi, si /zh/ si, su

for Letters and Sounds Revised

The

Great Fire of London

One Sunday in 1666, a fire started in a bakery on Pudding Lane in London, and quickly spread across the city. Why did it burn so quickly and how was it finally put out?

Browse the complete Collins catalogue at

www.collins.co.uk

An information book www.collins.co.uk/collinsbigcat

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