Year 6 English 7.1.21

Today we will be writing a statement to the police as Oliver using causal conjunctions.

• Why did Oliver leave the work house?

• Who did Oliver meet on the way to London?

• Why did Oliver end up at Fagin’s house?

• What was the game that was played at Fagin’s house?

• What were the children practising doing?

• What did Dodger do outside of the bookshop?

• Why was Oliver blamed?

The answers to these questions can help you with the content of your statement.

Can you name all the different causal conjunctions?

Causal conjunctions Therefore As a result Consequently Since So Because Hence Causal conjunctions come between a cause and effect e.g. I broke my watch so I couldn’t tell the time.

Can you identify the cause, effect and causal conjunction in the following sentences?

Challenge 1 – Use the causal conjunctions ‘so, as, because’ I was in the middle of it all so everyone blamed me.

Challenge 2 – Use the causal conjunctions ‘so, as, because, therefore, as a result’ e.g. I was walking to London alone because I had run away from the workhouse.

Challenge 3 – Use all of the causal conjunctions and vary the position within the sentence e.g. Because I had left the workhouse, I got picked up by Dodger.

Here is a model to support you.

Statement to police made by Oliver Twist.

What happened today wasn’t my fault. I didn’t do anything. It all started a few days ago. I am from a workhouse you see and not from round here. I ended up here because I knocked my employer out of his chair. Mr Bumble, from the workhouse, was really going to hurt me as I had embarrassed him. Since I was so scared, I made a run for it. I decided I would come here to London so that he wouldn’t be able to find me. I had walked for what seemed an eternity and I got to Barnet. I was so hungry and thirsty and therefore knew I couldn’t go on any further. This was when I met Jack Dawkings, the Artful Dodger. He said that I could go with him and he took me to Fagin’s house. He looked at me and said I would be useful since I was so small. There were lots of children there and they were playing a game where they were fishing things out of each other’s pockets. I wanted to join in as it looked like a laugh. I didn’t realise they were practising pick pocketing. Since I didn’t really know what was going on, I went along with the rest to the market. It wasn’t me that was pick pocketing. As a result of being left on my own, people assumed it was me that did it.