Generating knowledge about The Great Fire of London | English

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Which of these are types of fiction text?
- stories ✓
- poems ✓
- newspapers
- plays ✓
- reports
Which of these are types of non-fiction text?
- reports ✓
- stories
- plays
- instructions ✓
- newspapers ✓
A non-chronological report is a type of which text type?
- fiction
- non-fiction ✓
- neither
Which of these are features of a non-chronological report?
- paragraphs ✓
- title ✓
- subheadings ✓
- characters
- introduction ✓
Put these parts of a non-chronological report in the correct order.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  title
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  introduction
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  subheading
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  paragraph 1
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  subheading
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  paragraph 2
Titles and subheadings are always ...
- written in coloured ink.
- underlined. ✓
- written in all capital letters.

What year did The Great Fire of London take place?
- 666
- 1660
- 1666 ✓
- 1966
- 2066
What day of the week did the fire start?
- Monday
- Thursday
- Saturday
- Sunday ✓
What sort of shop did the fire start in?
- a butchers
- a bakery ✓
- a supermarket
Who owned the bakery where the fire started?
- Thomas Farriner ✓
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Baker
Where was Thomas Farriner's bakery located?
- Dinner Drive
- Downing Street
- Pudding Lane ✓
How many days did the fire burn for?
- 1 day
- 2 days
- 3 days
- 4 days ✓
- 5 days

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The Great Fire of London happened in the past.
The fire started on Sunday 2nd September 1666.
The fire started in Pudding Lane in Thomas Farriner’s bakery.
The fire spread quickly due to the houses being made of wood, being close together and the windy conditions.
The fire lasted for four days before it was stopped.

Pupils might think that the fire happened in the more recent past.

London was a very different city to what it is now and the buildings were entirely different, which played a key part in the fire spreading

Knowledge - Facts, information and skills acquired through experience or education.
History - Things that happened in the past.