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The Highwayman

Contributed by:
Mark
Age Range: 7 to 11

Here are some ideas for teaching the poem 'The Highwayman' by Alfred Noyes:

Read the poem with the class. Stop at different places and ask the children to predict what might happen next.
Look at the images in the book. Discuss what the characters might be thinking / feeling at different points in the story.
Watch the video retellings of the poem shown below, and discuss how they are similar / different to the poem.

Use the Interactive Study Resource to explore different features of the poem.
Hot seating - ask a child to take on the role of one of the characters. Ask him / her about events from the story, and get children to question the character about the events of the poem, and their role within them.
Freeze-frame different parts of the story. Ask children to pose different scenes from the poem. You can then quiz them about their role in the poem. You could also take digital photos which could be used to retell the poem using ICT (e.g. Powerpoint).

Thanks to Andrew Ross for recommending some of the above resources.

Here's an animated version of the poem created by Mr Cobb's Class. Could your pupils make something similar?