Beowulf

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The story itself revolves around the Scandinavian warrior known as Beowulf and his deeds against three monster antagonists: Grendel; Grendel's mother, a sea-hag; and, finally, the death-dragon of the deep. All creatures of darkness! Beowulf is probably the most altruistic hero I've heard of. It's an heroic legend and major themes are honor, loyalty, bravery and glory. It's also bloody and dramatic. You can totally guess what's gonna happen but it's worthy and amazingly well told. Michael Morpurgo is not some random fella, it seems. Ever seen the movie "War Horse"? He wrote the novel.⠀ Michael Morpurgo has thrilled and delighted huge numbers of young readers since becoming a children’s author in the early 1970s," Wood said. "Action for Children’s Arts is delighted to recognise Michael’s outstanding contribution by presenting him with the J M Barrie Award 2016. His work will undoubtedly, like Peter Pan, stand the test of time, making him a truly worthy recipient of this award."The following bundle of resources is aimed at supporting the teaching and learning of the text: Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo. There are appropriately 14 sessions worth of materials that give pupils the opportunity to practise and repeat skills through short writing opportunities. This includes PPT’s, differentiated worksheets and supporting materials. Morpurgo added: “Storymakers and storytellers like Barrie, and like all the previous winners of this award, have given us the hope and faith children need, we need, to keep flying, have sustained us through dark and troubled times, have banished doubt. To touch the lives of children, to witness their listening and reading silence, is reward enough in itself. This is simply the icing on the cake.”

Will fire imaginations and elicit the heart-pumping, wide-eyed response that has kept this tale alive and vigorous through the ages.” — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)When I was reading this book I felt different every minute. I felt happy , then the next minuet I felt sad . W hen Beowulf had to face the monsters , I felt like he was definitely going to die this time … I enjoyed reading Beowulf – It feels so real it’s like your experiencing it all with them. I’d recommend this book to boys who like adventure, heroes and monsters.

There's a lot for the money here, but it would have been much more helpful if it was all on one power point, as it's hard to decipher the sequence. The slides could do with formatting, and videos embedding, but the quality of the lesson materials is good. Some typos e.g. affect/effect. This is a series of six lessons (including PP and worksheets) on Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo that focuses on different areas of the UKS2 N.C for Reading following CPD training on how to teach the N.C objectives whilst promoting a love reading. The N.C focus areas are: You can also read about his life in War Child to War Horse,a collaborative biography with Maggie Fergusson. I’ve used this text and resources with Year 4 several times and they are tried and tested winners at getting even the most reluctant of pupils to do some creative writing.

The poem consists of 3,182 lines and exists in a single copy, housed in the British Museum . This is an external link. The BBC is not responsible for the content. Some off the illustrations are still running around in my head. I would recommend this to boys age 10+ . I loved Beowulf it’s a great book – you would definitely like it ! Classic fiction, narrative poetry, Denmark, Old English, monsters, dragons, bravery, intrigue, betrayal, loyalty