Year Five - War Horse!

Sold to a drunken farmer, Joey, a beautiful red-bay foal with a distinctive cross on his nose, finds a friend in the farmer's son, Albert. His father brutally demands Joey work or be sold, so Albert gently trains him to pull the plough. But it's not enough. When war breaks out, Albert's father, needy for money for his struggling farm, sells Joey to the army, where he, like the soldiers around him, must try to cope with the horrors of the First World War.

In class, we read the first few chapters of Michael Morpurgo's War Horse.

Learn about the Morpurgo's inspiration for writing the novel by clicking here.

Homework:
1. Read chapter 3 and 4 of 'War Horse', and summarise them in your book (just like you did for chapter 1 and 2)
2. Imagine you were asked to write the next chapter of the story. Brainstorm some ideas about what might happen next, and write a full, detailed, neat plan in your draft book.

You shouldn't write the story - we'll be doing that next week.

Feeling clever? We talked in class about cliche. Click here to find a 'machine' that generates unusual similes. Invent some imaginative similes,and write them down, ready to include in your story next week but avoid cliche.