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.  

There have been some strange things that students have told me about a feeling in a certain room in the school and that there are definite cold patches in some places around the school…almost as if something…someone is there but not…I mean I don’t see how it could be so…it isn’t possible...is it?

So how is the research for the school history

going?

There is a lot of gossip going around. Some believe the school is haunted!

There are some people who say that this school was built on an ancient burial site and there are those people who say that there was a horrific accident years ago and that ... well you might have heard the rumours and the tales. So what’s the true story that they don’t want you to know I

wonder?

Hey! My Dad told me the real story.

Really, what did he say?

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.

How does your friend reply?

Write it down and draw a speech bubble around it.

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.

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

On the next line write your friend’s reply.( the same words that you put in the second speech bubble)

Really, what did he say?

Write it down on your next empty line.

Hey! My Dad told me the real story.

Place the words in speech marks

Now add an ending to show who is speaking and how the words are spoken.

I yelled excitedly.

Rory questioned.

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

Your task is to use your writing skills to finish this conversation.

PUNCTUATION…When you write something in a speech bubble you would put all the punctuation inside the bubble.

SO think of speech marks a bit like the speech 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.

It’s only a rumour.