Grammar work

1. THE SCHOOL TALES
JOB ADVERT: Researcher and writer required
to write history of local school for the 100th anniversary of
the foundation of the school. Members of staff and
students, past and present, will be available for interviews.
You will have access to previously unseen records and
recently discovered logbooks, which record some of the
school events in our long and successful history.
Discretion will be required. Apply in writing to Mr. Lock.

2. There is a lot of gossip going around. Some believe the
school is haunted!
S o how is the re s e arch
for the s chool his tory
g oing ?
There have
been som e strange th
students hav ings that
e told m ab
e out a fe
room in the eling in a ce
school and t rtain
cold patches hat there are
in som plac
e definite
alm st as if
o es around th
som thing…
e e school…
not… I m an som one is
e
e I don’s t ee howit there but
isn’possible
t could be so…
...is it? it

3. There are
som peo
e
say that th ple w o
h
is school
on an anc w s built
a
ient burial
there are site and
those peo
say that th ple w o
h
ere w s a
a horri
accident y fic
ears ago
w ll you m
e and that .
ight have ..
rum urs a heard the
o nd the tale
s.
S o w hat’s the true s tory
that the y don’t w ant y ou
to know I w onde r?

4. Imagine you are talking to a friend about the gossip you
just heard. You KNOW the true story. The school was
built on an ancient burial site. In the middle of your
page write down the first thing you say.Now draw a
speech bubble around it.
Hey! M Dad told m the real story.
y e
How does your friend reply?
Write it down and draw a speech bubble around it.
Really, w did he say?
hat

5. Write a short reply to that question. Draw a speech
bubble around it.
How does your friend reply?
Write it down and draw a speech bubble around it.

6. Each time someone else speaks you need a new speech
bubble. When you write speech in a story, instead of a
new speech bubble you need to start on a new line.
Now look at your first speech bubble
Write it down on your next empty line.
Hey! M Dad told m the real story.
y e I yelled
excitedly.
On the next line write your friend’s reply.
( the same words that you put in the second speech bubble)
Really, w did he say?
hat Rory questioned.
Place the words in speech marks
Now add an ending to show who is speaking and how the words
are spoken.

7. Do the same with the next 2 speech bubbles that you
have in your book.

8. PUNCTUATION…
When you write something in a speech bubble you
would put all the punctuation inside the bubble.
It’s only a
SO think of speech marks a bit like the speech rumour.
bubble- all the punctuation goes inside them.
All speech bubbles will start with a capital letter.
SO every time someone speaks make sure it starts with a
capital letter.
Your task is to
use your writing skills to
finish this conversation.