The Great Fire of London

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BEFORE READING WORD WORK

1 Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers 1 blow up, bank, boat, burning, carry, crowd, frightened, full,
now. They will find out as they read that the answers are: outside, palace
a1 b1 c2 2 b bank g outside
2 Open answers c carry h crowd
d burning i boat
Activity pages 6–7 e frightened j full
READING CHECK f palace
b1 c7 d8 e2 f5 g6 h3 GUESS WHAT
WORD WORK Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
1 b rat f wake up now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
c city g fire c, e
d follow h narrow
e maid Activity pages 30–31
2 b city f follow READING CHECK
c wake up g narrow b men e letter
d fire h maid c Pepys f Lord Mayor
e rat d wants g coach
GUESS WHAT WORD WORK
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers 1 b coach f surprised
now. They will find out as they read that the answers are: c solution g Only
b, d d guard h letter
e madly
Activity pages 12–13 2 MONUMENT
READING CHECK GUESS WHAT
a F (She doesn’t jump because she is afraid.) Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
b T now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
c F (Mary dies.) a2 b3 c2 d3
d T
e F (Twenty fire-fighters come) Activity pages 38–39
f F (Someone says, ‘The Lord Mayor lives in Maiden Lane.’) READING CHECK
g F (They go down to the river) b2 c1 d2 e1 f1
WORD WORK WORD WORK
1 River, asleep, climb, strong, wind, out of control, chief, spreads 1 b soldier f direction
2 b strong wind e chief c instead g cathedral
c spreads f asleep d tired h centre
d out of control g River e wide
GUESS WHAT 2 a burns e direction
Encourage students to guess by looking at the picture of b cathedral f soldier
Samuel Pepys on page 13. They will also find out as they read c tired g centre, wide
that: d instead
Samuel Pepys … GUESS WHAT
a is thirty three years old. Open answers.
b writes in his diary every day.
c goes to look at the fire. Project A pages 40–41
1 a Burning f frightened
Activity pages 18–19 b city g direction
READING CHECK c clouds h boats
a7 b4 c3 d8 e1 f5 g2 h6 d on fire i letter
WORD WORK e Crowds j jump
b bells f clothes 2 79 AD
c church g Tower Pompei
d ringing h Bridge Vesuvius is erupting
e clouds i government running to the sea and waiting for boats
writing a letter to his uncle
GUESS WHAT telling the boats to go across the sea
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
20,000
now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
2,000
a Yes b No c No d Yes e No
3 1666
London
Activity pages 24–25 the city is burning out of control
READING CHECK the people are running to the river, they are carrying their things
b2 c2 d1 e1 f2 pulling down buildings and blowing up houses
going to see the King, taking a letter to the Lord Mayor
9
4 Open answers

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The Great Fire of London

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Project B pages 42–44

1 a5 b2 c1 d6 e9 f4 g3 h7 i8
2 a Wake e remember
b Where f talking about
c shop g girls
d smoke
3 a A fire? Where?
b Yes, I can see it. But it’s only small.
c It’s not important Jane. Go back to bed.
d Well, what are the fire fighters doing?
e OK. OK. I’m going to the Tower to have a look.
4 Open answers.
5 Ask students to work with a partner and read through the
dialogues on pages 42 and 43. Encourage them to follow the
stage directions and to put feeling and emotion into their parts.

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