https://padlet.com/fbrassleay/e1z71p3xjzbg Read through the range of letters about life during the Blitz. Identify vocabulary and descriptive phrases that demonstrate what life was like during this time. en-us 2017-10-08 09:55:54 UTC 2017-10-09 13:11:07 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/fbrassleay/e1z71p3xjzbg/wish/195088637 While the Blitz was still happening people were still going on with their everyday life-  I was having a cup of tea.
Adjectives: We heard the bangs, gunfire, the whistle of falling plane.
Hyperboley: I could sleep through the next blitz.
In their day they whento  school very late in the day and did not get back to early in the morning.
Some people did not have any Anderson sh elteres because they did not want to spend any money.
People had helped each other by putting out the bombs.
Life had carryed on even of they were in 6 feet of Ruble.
Life was hard for people as the bombs had distroyed their houses.
Aliteration: My long letter.
People are trying to stay positive.
 In the letters people are chatty
Willie would lie to Mster Tom and say that he was a good boy and helping his mom. He will also probably write about his new baby sister in his life. 
He may want to write about the medics rushing around fixing people, up.
He would talk about the difference about the countryside to the city with the smoke.]]> 2017-10-09 04:09:00 UTC https://padlet.com/fbrassleay/e1z71p3xjzbg/wish/195088637 https://padlet.com/fbrassleay/e1z71p3xjzbg/wish/195088680 Alliteration: Moaning Minnie
Personification: I felt like I was walking in a dead street
Simile: the moon was as bright as day.
Rationing: I’d love some tea if you can spare it. Are you sure you can’t?
The only way to communicate was by writing letters and they take a while to be delivered.
During WW2 they tried to keep calm and carry on: Mother sitting in a chair and me writing this letter and all sitting with cushions on our heads.
Children carried on going to school as normal.
They wrote in a chatty, informal style of writing.
They were impressed by the nurses effort by treating people with care and kindness.

•Willie could talk about how the •train journey to London.
•About the new baby, Trudy
A little bit about the bombing but saying he was fine.
He could say his mum was being kind even though she wasn’t.
He is having a good time even though he wasn’t.
He didnt want to worry mr Tom ]]> 2017-10-09 04:09:16 UTC https://padlet.com/fbrassleay/e1z71p3xjzbg/wish/195088680 https://padlet.com/fbrassleay/e1z71p3xjzbg/wish/195088713 Simile: The moon is as bright as day.

Alliteration: moaning Minnie.

The only way to communicate was by writing letters. 

Rationing: I'd love some tea if you can really spare it.

Children went to school as normal.

They wrote in chatty, informal language

Willie would talk about looking after his baby sister.
About bombing.
About the train journey to London.

]]> 2017-10-09 04:09:31 UTC https://padlet.com/fbrassleay/e1z71p3xjzbg/wish/195088713 https://padlet.com/fbrassleay/e1z71p3xjzbg/wish/195088721 Adjective: tremendous crash, the people were marvellous, poor men, unmistakable whirr whirr.
What was happening? I went into B's room to see if she was coming down to the shelter. There was another tremendous explosion. I really felt like I was walking through a dead city.
Metaphor: Dead city, a great column of smoke.
What would Willie talk about? How marvellous the paramedics were. He was really helping looking after his baby sister and that his mum was treating him really well. How magnificently calm everybody remained.]]> 2017-10-09 04:09:35 UTC https://padlet.com/fbrassleay/e1z71p3xjzbg/wish/195088721 https://padlet.com/fbrassleay/e1z71p3xjzbg/wish/195088735 Alteration: moaning Minnie 
Simily: the moon was as bright as day.
Rationing: I'd love the tea if you can really spare it.
Willie should write to mr Tom about the gun shots and the bombing.







]]> 2017-10-09 04:09:40 UTC https://padlet.com/fbrassleay/e1z71p3xjzbg/wish/195088735 https://padlet.com/fbrassleay/e1z71p3xjzbg/wish/195088747 During the Blitz people tried to stay positive and go on with their normal life. The only way of communication was writing letters. They used to ration everyday for food. ‘Could you spare some tea?’ this is an example of rationing. People would have to run in and out there house because of the alarms. Everyone would help each other and stay calm. Everybody also helped building each others Anderson shelters. Police officers would help put out incindenary bombs to stop it spreading. Informal, chatty language.

Willie would write about his little baby sister and how cute she is to not make him worried. He would tell Mr. Tom that he was okay and the bombing was not affecting him. He will NOT tell him that his mum is being abusive to him.He will not make Mister Tom worried. 

]]> 2017-10-09 04:09:45 UTC https://padlet.com/fbrassleay/e1z71p3xjzbg/wish/195088747 https://padlet.com/fbrassleay/e1z71p3xjzbg/wish/195088779 Adjectives: flames of fire, awful mess, 
Not a window left in our house.
Heaps of houses were razed to the ground
Informal style
Stay positive and played games and had pillows on their head.
Willie could talk about the bombing And gun shots to Mr Tom 
 

]]> 2017-10-09 04:10:07 UTC https://padlet.com/fbrassleay/e1z71p3xjzbg/wish/195088779 https://padlet.com/fbrassleay/e1z71p3xjzbg/wish/195088792 Alliteration: moaning minnie 

Simile:The moon was as bright as day

Rationing: I'd love it if you could spare us some tea ?

Willie would probably lie to Mr Tom about his mum


They kept going on with there normal lives
They still went t

]]> 2017-10-09 04:10:13 UTC https://padlet.com/fbrassleay/e1z71p3xjzbg/wish/195088792 https://padlet.com/fbrassleay/e1z71p3xjzbg/wish/195088798 Alliteration: Moaning Minnie 
Similie: The moon is as bright as day.
Hyperbole: Our house had six feet of rubble in every room and passage.
Metaphor: Screams of a bomb.
Similie: We all ducked like lightning into the corridor.
They still go to school during the Blitz.
I think I’m so tired, I could sleep through the next Blitz.
The letters were very chatty and quite casual.
In the letter Willie would write about the people moving on and trying to continue living their everyday lives with positivity.
However, also describing a bit about the bombing.




]]> 2017-10-09 04:10:14 UTC https://padlet.com/fbrassleay/e1z71p3xjzbg/wish/195088798 https://padlet.com/fbrassleay/e1z71p3xjzbg/wish/195088858 Alteration:moaning Minnie 
Simile:the moon was as bright as day.

During the Blitz, people tried to stay as positive as possible. They only way of communication was with letters by writing letters families were able to send pictures and comunicate. Rationing was the main way to eat food spearingly. People mostly had to baracade. People sometimes had to baracade a school room and they called it a air raid shelter. They played games like crib and wore pillows on their heads to drown out the noise.

He would talk about the difference from the countryside and the London. All the smoke from different houses and the piles of rubble everywhere.


]]> 2017-10-09 04:10:41 UTC https://padlet.com/fbrassleay/e1z71p3xjzbg/wish/195088858 findenroussos https://padlet.com/fbrassleay/e1z71p3xjzbg/wish/195088881 Metaphor: Dead City
Terrible and senseless destruction.
Everybody remained wonderfully calm.
A great column of smoke and earth was thrown up into the air.
All over town were flames of fire
Rose magnificently to the occasion.
Simile: Ducked like lightening.
When the scream hurtled past them. The letters were very positive. What would Willie write in his letter? That his Mum is being kind to his baby sister and him. That he is being a good boy and helping out. How magnificent the paramedics are.]]> 2017-10-09 04:10:53 UTC https://padlet.com/fbrassleay/e1z71p3xjzbg/wish/195088881 https://padlet.com/fbrassleay/e1z71p3xjzbg/wish/195088935 Simile: I really felt as if I was walking in a dead city. Metaphor: It is so sad being parted, as this war has parted families. I hope this letter hasn't been too raidy, but they are apt to take the foreground of life these days. The moon is as bright as day- I expect that is why there is so much gunfire.
Alliteration: moaning Minnie.
He will tell lies to Mr. Tom about his daily life at home of getting beaten.
. Wilkie will talk about the Blitz and how everyone somehow remained calm. He will also try not to worry Mr. Tom.]]> 2017-10-09 04:11:22 UTC https://padlet.com/fbrassleay/e1z71p3xjzbg/wish/195088935 https://padlet.com/fbrassleay/e1z71p3xjzbg/wish/195089011 Simile:
Bright as day.

Alliteration:
Moaning Minnie.

Rationing:
I'd love some tea if you can really spare it, can you?

Why do people insist on living on my bus route, so selfish of them.

Don't worry, the bombs are aiming for the buildings not me, and also my baby sister is safe to I'm protecting her from harm, we play in the streets and go to school, and sometimes they even bomb while I'm at school! When we're in the school and in the subway  I always have a pillow on my head to drown out the noise.]]> 2017-10-09 04:12:05 UTC https://padlet.com/fbrassleay/e1z71p3xjzbg/wish/195089011 https://padlet.com/fbrassleay/e1z71p3xjzbg/wish/195089102 Flying glass
Getting on with their daily lives: I was having a cup of tea. 
The damage there was ghastly.
I really felt as if I was walking in a dead city, whenwe  walked down a little empty street.
Everybody remained wonderfully calm.
A great column of smoke  and earth thrown up into the air.
Scream of a bomb.
Children go to school.
The children don’t seem to turn a hair.
Children evacuated.
Letters were still written.
Informal.
He would talk about how he is behaving and how he is okay.]]> 2017-10-09 04:13:27 UTC https://padlet.com/fbrassleay/e1z71p3xjzbg/wish/195089102