Last week, we started looking at Oliver Twist by .

When we left Oliver last week, he was being arrested and taken to court after being mistakenly blamed for pickpocketing a wealthy man. We are going to move on to parts 5 and 6 today so you will need to listen to parts 3 and 4 or read the summary below so you don’t lose track of the story.

Part 3: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/english-ks2-oliver-twist-episode-3/zbq4382 Part 4: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/english-ks2-oliver-twist-episode-4/zmgnxyc

Oliver appears in the magistrate's court - and , the victim of the theft - is also there, pleading leniency for the boy. Charges are dropped when a witness testifies that Oliver had nothing to do with the robbery.

Oliver is taken ill but is looked after by Mr Brownlow and his house-keeper, Mrs Bedwin. Mr Brownlow is amazed by the striking similarity between Oliver and the portrait of a young woman hanging in his home. When Oliver recovers he persuades Mr Brownlow to allow him outside on an errand. In the streets he is spotted by - one of 's gang - and Oliver is abducted by her and the villainous Sikes.

Oliver is returned to Fagin's den where Nancy shows remorse for her part in his capture, asking that the boy be treated without violence and even preventing Sikes from setting his dog on Oliver. Oliver briefly attempts to escape and is locked in a back room - a prisoner.

Meanwhile, Mr has come to on parochial business. In a local paper he discovers an advertisement asking for any information regarding the whereabouts of one Oliver Twist - and Bumble hurries to the address given...Mr Brownlow's house. Bumble tells Mr Brownlow about Oliver's running away from ...and Mr Brownlow declares he never wants to hear of Oliver again.

Meanwhile Fagin and Sikes meet to plan a burglary. It is agreed that the robbery is possible if a small child can be brought along to go through a window and Fagin offers Oliver's services for the job. Oliver is dragged through the night to a house in Chertsey. Sikes places Oliver through the window...but the inhabitants are roused and shots are fired. Oliver is pulled back through the window, his arm bleeding.

Back at the workhouse Mrs Corney is summoned to hear the dying words of one of the aged paupers. Old Sally was the nurse on the night that Oliver's mother gave birth in the workhouse and died. She reveals the existence of certain artifacts that she stole from Oliver's mother that night - items that confirm the connection between Oliver and the dead woman. Old Sally dies before she can reveal the exact nature of the items.

Meanwhile, in Chertsey, Oliver lies lifeless - abandoned by Sikes and left for dead. As I said, today we are going to be looking at parts 5 and 6 of the story. The links are below: if you can’t access them then you can read the transcript instead.

Part 5: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/english-ks2-oliver-twist-episode-5/znwry9q Part 6: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/english-ks2-oliver-twist-episode-6/zbp78xs

As you are listening or reading, jot down any words you are unfamiliar with and then see if you can find out what they mean. As we learnt last week, the original book was first published over 150 years ago, so there may be some words that we don’t use commonly nowadays.

These questions and tasks are based on part 5:

Once you have listened to, and understood, the story, can you correctly put these events into chronological order?

● Rose and Mrs Maylie take pity on Oliver, and take him in ● Fagin visits Nancy, looking for ● At their bidding, the Doctor convinces the local policeman to leave Oliver where he is ● Oliver regains consciousness and staggers to the house ● Fagin, followed by Nancy, meets with ● Toby Crackit visits Fagin ● Monks and Fagin discuss their plan to turn Oliver into a criminal – Nancy eavesdrops

Once you have read, discussed and ordered these eventss, have a go at the tasks below: ● Write a diary entry for Giles, the butler. How do you describe events, and why? ● Write an alternative version of the episode, in which the constable insists that Oliver is taken into custody. How do the Maylies react, and what happens next? ● Write the report that the constable later might have made to his superior officers about the boy at the Maylie residence.

These questions and tasks are based on part 6:

Once you have understood the story, have a think about these questions: ● Why does Mrs Maylie send for her son, Harry? ● Why does Oliver think Monks is a madman? ● How does Oliver come to be asleep in the cottage? ● Why would Monks and Fagin be observing Oliver in the cottage? ● What has happened to Mr Bumble since he last appeared in the story? ● Who do you think has more power: Mrs Corney or Mr Bumble? Why? ● For what reason does Monks agree to meet Mr Bumble again the next evening?

Once you have read, discussed and answered these questions, have a go at the tasks below: ● Write the letter that Mrs Maylie sent to Harry – and a reply from Harry to her. ● Write diary entries for Rose and Harry, describing their feelings about the conversation that they have. ● When you have read both parts, create a freeze frame timeline of the events in them. You can act out the key points yourself and ask a family member to take the pictures for you, or you can use lego and take the pictures yourself. If you are feeling really adventurous, put those pictures into a stop motion animation (the Stop Motion app is free to download and really easy to use).