Year Six: Goodbye Anecdotes for School Magazine

Remember your first day of school? The day you won the Falcon? The first time you understand how to multiply tens and units?

Task: Finish the first full draft of your goodbye recount. Write one side of A4 (we’ll cut it down), including all of the ‘prose style’ elements, some description and dialogue

Year Six Magazine Work - P.G. Wodehouse's The Drones Club first draft

L.O. To understand the importance of class in comedy

Homework: In class we created plans for a story set in P.G. Wodehouse's Drones club.
Your task tonight is to write the first draft of this story. Remember to include plenty of Wodehouse slang! Write 1 1/2 sides of A4.

Don't forget to visit the pupil wiki here for useful links and further information, and to download a copy of the example plan we created in class.

Year Six Magazine Work - P.G. Wodehouse's The Drones Club

Click here for useful links and information on the fsg pupil wiki.

Homework: Write a dialogue between two members of the Drones Club and a servant about a prank (a trick) on a third member of the club. Write 1 sides of A4, and use as much Wodehousian slang as you can! Remember, the Drones Club members are twits; the servants are the smart ones!

An example opening:

“Hullo, old bean!” cried Pongo.
“Oh, how are you, my good man?” enquired Catsmeat
Pongo lowered his voice: “I’ve bad blood with Lord Emsworth. That blighter gave me a five shilling fine for stealing a policeman’s helmet! I thought the old poop was going to throw me in the jug!”

Don't forget to check the punctuation of your direct speech!Feeling clever? Try to include semi-colons and colons as part of your prose.

School Magazine - Year Six Activity Page

Use the links below to help create the content for the Year Six fun activity page.

Wordsearch:

Make your own crossword - click here.

Make your own wordsearch and wordjumble games - click here.

Year Six Homework: Farewell Letter

Please write a finished first draft of your farewell letter for the school magazine. Remember to consider the following ideas:

- Joining FSG
- Early memories
- Funny moments
- Memorable lessons
- Trips and Residential Weeks
- Plays
- What will you miss about FSG?
- What are you looking forward to doing at your next school
- Thank you!

Remember that this will be read by hundreds of parents, so take care with your prose style - don't forget semi-colons, colons, brackets, dashes, impact sentences and the 'messi wiggle'!