A Belated Postcard. the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland

A Belated

Postcard

the United Kingdom

ofGreat

Britain&

Northern Ireland

England

ScotlandNorthern Ireland

Wales

Proper NounsProper Nouns• George V• Mr. Richard Price • Pam Meyrick• Gwyn Thomas• the Royal Mail

(George the fifth)

• South Wales• High Street• Birmingham

George VGeorge Frederick Ernest Albert(3 June,1865 – 20 Jan,1936)

Vocabulary• destination• a vanvan hire company• to baffle• in mint condition• fruit essence• the current owner• a halfpennyhalfpenny stamp

What are they?

a baker a salesman

Who are they in the story?

•Gywn ThomasGywn Thomas•Richard PriceRichard Price•Pam MeyrickPam Meyrick•the Royal Mailthe Royal Mail

•sender• Gwyn Thomas•salesman•for a fruit essence maker

•“receiver”•baker•Mr. Richard Price•grandpa of Pam Meyrick

Our Mr. Gwyn Thomas will have the pleasure of waiting upon you in a few days.

Richard Price,High Street,

South Wales

Birmingham,England

Gwyn Thomas,

To:

From:

It was unlikely that _______________________________.

the postcard was deliveredby a

postmanpostmen

collectcollect letters, postcards and parcelsstampstamp them with the postmark

sortsort them by a postmaster sendsend them around

“There is a ___ chance it _______________ through the system but I don’t think the postman _______________ the stamp.”

slim could have slipped

would have missed

A Game: Give an Order

Mr. B, please Mr. B, please ask Mr. C …ask Mr. C …

Mr. C, Mr. A Mr. C, Mr. A wants to wants to know…know…

Mr. A, I would Mr. A, I would like to say…like to say…

ABC

See you next time!See you next time!