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Persuasion 2

Year 5 Term 3

Suggested Outcome:- A letter of complaint

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  Suggested Idea
 

Using independent research or some of the resources below the student will write a letter of complaint to the local Roman Governor of the time about the appalling conditions in which they live as member of the garrison at the fort of Olicana.

The letter could alternatively be written to parents or significant other.

  Resources
 

Camp Granada.mp3

Amusing spoken poem about a boy writing to his parents about the awful time he is having at camp.

Camp Granada

Hello Mudda, hello Fadda,

Here I am at Camp Granada .

Camp is very entertaining,

And they say we'll have some fun if it stops raining.


I went hiking with Joe Spivy;

He developed poison ivy.

You remember Leonard Skinner;

He got ptomain poisoning last night after dinner.


All the counselors hate the waiters,

And the lake has alligators,

And the head coach wants no sissies,

So he reads to us from something called "Ulysses".


Now I don't want this should scare ya,

But my bunk mate has malaria.

You remember Jeffrey Hardy,

They're about to organize a searching party.


Take me home, oh Mudda, Fadda,

Take me home, I hate Granada !

Don't leave me in the forest where

I might get eaten by a bear.


Take me home, I promise I will not make noise,

Or mess the house with other boys.

Oh, please don't make me stay,

I've been here one whole day.


Dearest Father, darling Mother,

How's my precious little brother?

Let me come home if you miss me,

I would even let Aunt Bertha hug and kiss me.


Wait a minute, it stopped hailing,

Guys are swimming, gals are sailing.

Playing baseball, gee that's betta,

Mudda, Fadda, kindly disregard this letter!

http://www.romansinsussex.co.uk/level1/livingin/army.asp

Life in a Roman Camp

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/romans/

BBC Roman Site
 
Suggested Cross-curricular link:
 

History (this is a Y3/4 Unit)

Unit 6A: Why have people invaded and settled in Britain in the past? A Roman case study

http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/schemes2/history/his6a/?view=get

Design Technology

Unit 6A: Shelters - Creating bivouac camping shelters / tents

http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/schemes2/designtech/det6a/?view=get