TELL THE STORY OF THE GUNPOWDER PLOT

What really happened on Guy Fawkes day celebrated annually with bonfires all over the UK? Do your research and tell the story.

The purposes of the activity:

·         To provide practice with past tenses and narrative structures

·         To provide the opportunity to improve command of the language and competency in writing

·         To provide an introduction to research based writing and all the skills it requires: notetaking annotating, paraphrasing and summarizing
 ·         To provide brief insight into an important historical event

Familiarize yourself with the topic:

·         “Copy of the gunpowder plot” http://prezi.com/f27rucg03dqr/copy-of-the-gunpowder-plot/

·         “The gunpowder plot” http://prezi.com/i0cjfl12ku3o/the-gunpowder-plot-by-harry-callaghan/  

Reading material to annotate:

·         “The gunpowder plot of 1605” http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/gunpowder_plot_of_1605.htm

“The gunpowder plot” http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/civil_war_revolution/gunpowder_robinson_01.shtml