Year Six Blog

This week we’ve read and discussed the poem ‘The Highwayman’. We have written a personal response, told part of the story from a character’s point of view, had a Hot Seat session and started some artwork based on this classic poem. All of the class were involved in a reading of the poem and we were impressed by their presentation especially as there was some difficult vocabulary involved. Here is some of the work - more to follow as it is typed up.

The Highwayman From Bess’s Point of View
When the soldiers came marching in I felt scared as I knew what they were about to do. They tied me up and placed a gun facing me. I stood up and walked to the window. I watched for my love in the moonlight then I heard him. I knew he was going into a trap. So I shot myself and then he got shot, I was so upset. We are both in heaven now and we are still happy.
By Erin
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Bess’s Point of View by Patrick W
I was in a panic and I wanted to save my
love. So the only way was to get my hand
on the trigger so I would shoot myself and
warn The highwayman.
So I took a deep breath…BANG!
I shot myself so I warned him.

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The Highwayman (the end of the story)
I heard the gunshot and headed westwards. Next day after I heard that it was Bess that shot the gun, I was sad and knew it was a warning. I didn’t care about the warning. So I angrily charged at the stunned guards as I burst through the bushes …Then bang the bullet went through my head and I fell down dead.
By Liam T & Tom