March 18th, 2009
Ok people get reading, we all need to get a Morpurgo book ….read it…and come write a review…below are some interesting facts about the author…do any of you have other things to add?
Michael Morpurgo, who has written several classic children’s books, is one of the most well-loved children’s authors.
(1) Michael Morpurgo was born in St Albans in 1943.
(2) His favourite lesson at school was French.
(3) With his wife, Clare, Michael Morpurgo founded the Farms for City Children, to give children from deprived inner-city schools the chance to work on a farm.
(4) Sitting at a desk gives Michael Morpurgo backache, so he writes his novels sitting on his bed. He writes in school exercise books.
(5) Private Peaceful was the 100th book written by Michael Morpurgo.
(6) His favourite authors are: Robert Louis Stevenson (Treasure Island), Rudyard Kipling (The Just So Stories) and Ted Hughes (The Iron Man).
(7) In 2003 Michael Morpurgo became the third Children’s Laureate.
(8) Micheal Morpurgo was a primary school teacher in Kent.
(9) He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in 2006
(10) He hates rewriting and he hates making corrections to his stories.
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March 3rd, 2009
Hi there Reading Club and world at large,
so World Book Day is upon us once again…..school have organised a lot of events many of which Reading Club are running. In the morning there will be Reading Club story tellers in the hall…dress in character it could be fun!!!!!
Teachers will all change classes, we know how much you all enjoy hearing stories from someone who is not your teacher.
From 11am each class will run a book day activity
Year 2 – making puppets of favourite book characters
Year 3 – Acting out traditional stories
Year4 – Create your own bookmarks
Year 5 – Draw potraits of your favourite characters
Year 6 – Design a poster for a book in the ICT room
the afternoon will have book quizzes. a puppet show …some diabolical acting from Slammer Jammers drama club concluding with a paper chase
SOUNDS LIKE FUN TO ME!!!!!!!!!
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(1) Michael Morpurgo was born in St Albans in 1943.
