A In your copy, go investigate. 1. From where is Edward writing this letter? 2. How might the aeroplanes overhead ‘cause havoc in enemy trenches’? 3. What did Edward’s parents send him? 4. When did Edward and his platoon arrive at the front lines? 5. Describe the conditions in the trenches. 6. Why did the commanding officer send the men back to base camp?


B In your copy, give your opinion.


1. What do you think the weather is like where Edward is? Explain. 2. Who do you think Teresa and Jim are? 3. Would you have eaten the food knowing that it was infested with rats? Why/Why not? 4. What do you think ‘over the top’ means? 5. Why do you think Edward specifically thanks his mother for the gifts? 6. How do you think Edward is feeling while writing this letter?


C Vocabulary


1. Read back over the text and underline the words that link events together in time, e.g. then, next. Write a list below. Add your own linking time words to the list.


2. In your copy, choose some of the words above to write in sentences. Pick a number to challenge yourself.


D Cloze procedure: ‘World War I Trenches’. Fill in the blanks. belong rats conditions using defence about trenches


cross


World War I was known for into the ground as a


no in during


trench warfare. Trenches were long, narrow ditches dug against the enemy. Lines and lines of


were dug by both the Allies and the Central Powers. Between the trenches was a stretch of land called ‘ to


man’s land’. This area did not this stretch of land


much of their time down in the trenches, where Many trenches were infested with estimated that


to either army. Soldiers had


order to attack the opposition. The soldiers spent were horrendous.


2,490 km of trenches were dug


, lice and nits and were muddy and smelly. It is World War I.


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