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One of the reasons for choosing The Highwayman as a touring theatre project is strength as a narrative poem - it is such a great story!
The other key reason is that it is a recommended component of the primary Literacy Strategy.
If you are building this into your Literacy work for the year you will no doubt have a wealth of materials yourself, but if you need a bit of assistance here are some to get you started.
If you are building this into your Literacy work for the year you will no doubt have a wealth of materials yourself, but if you need a bit of assistance here are some to get you started.
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Computer animation with poem text displayed on screen and set to music by sung Loreena McKennit
Short video with hand-drawn images set to music. No words or text
Part One
I
The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees,
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,
The road was a ribbon of moonlight, over the purple moor,
And the highwayman came riding-
Riding-riding-
The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.
II
He'd a French cocked-hat on his forehead, a bunch of lace at his chin,
A coat of the claret velvet, and breeches of brown doe-skin;
I
The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees,
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,
The road was a ribbon of moonlight, over the purple moor,
And the highwayman came riding-
Riding-
The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-
II
He'd a French cocked-
A coat of the claret velvet, and breeches of brown doe-
To download the full text of the original poem by Alfred Noyes, click on the image here:
If you need additional copies of the resource pack, click here to download the file from our site.
Click here for more words of wisdom...
Click on the link below for the Literacy unit based on The Highwayman from the DfES Primary Framework Primary Literacy Framework Unit
Click on the link below to jump to an interactive study module from TeachersFirst.com
