Today we did a practice story, as we have our writing exam on Thursday 17 May.  We imagined a mysterious parcel.  We planned our stories and then wrote them in class.  It is important to know how the story will end before you start to write.  Never try to make up a story as you go along.  We should use speech only once or twice, and only if it is really needed.  We should check our punctuation carefully, to make sure that no full stops are missing.

At home please do the non-fiction comprehension exercise about Rivers.  Remember that there will be a non-fiction comprehension as well as a story comprehension in the exam, so we need to practise non-fiction comprehensions.  We will look at the questions and answers together tomorrow.