## Task 3: Samuel Pepys and Restoration London

Read the general information about London civil servant Samuel Pepys in your Poems and Extracts reader.

The Great Fire of London

Now go to the following website: https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1666/09/

Read two of the early September entries. These were written during The Great Fire of London from 2 to 6 September 1666.

1. Briefly summarise the two entries that you read (don't forget to mention the two dates).

2. What is characteristic of his style of writing? Explain your answer by giving three examples from the entries that you read.

Be a chronicler yourself!

3. Now you're going to chronicle your world like Pepys did. You're going to keep a diary (in English) in which you write three entries.

- Do not limit your diary to your own 'bubble', but also apply a broader view of the world around you.
- Each entry should be at least 50 words.
- Apply Pepys's style of writing, but give it your own personal twist as well.