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Billy the Kid
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Billy the Kid by Michael Morpurgo
`I was faster than all the kids twice my age and somehow I could always make a football do whatever I wanted it to. It just came easy to me, I don’t know why, but it did.�
The only thing Billy every wanted to do was to play for Chelsea. This is a wonderful story about Billy who is now eighty. When he was younger his dream came true and he was picked to play for Chelsea but the war interrupted his plan as it was 1939. I found this book magical when looking at how war interrupted people’s lives. It takes children through the lives of those involved looking at life before, during and after the war. It is a fabulous resource for Key Stage Two when teaching about certain events and happenings during World War Two ex. Prisoners of War.
Because it is essentially Billy’s story, it could be nice for the children to interview a grandparent or elderly relation to see what their lives were like when the y were younger and children could compare it to their lives today.
I personally think a trip to Chelsea football grounds could be very appropriate and educational as the children could research the where it is and possibly how to travel to it. This football theme could be then interlinked with P.E. Looking at tactics and ball control.
`I was faster than all the kids twice my age and somehow I could always make a football do whatever I wanted it to. It just came easy to me, I don’t know why, but it did.�
The only thing Billy every wanted to do was to play for Chelsea. This is a wonderful story about Billy who is now eighty. When he was younger his dream came true and he was picked to play for Chelsea but the war interrupted his plan as it was 1939. I found this book magical when looking at how war interrupted people’s lives. It takes children through the lives of those involved looking at life before, during and after the war. It is a fabulous resource for Key Stage Two when teaching about certain events and happenings during World War Two ex. Prisoners of War.
Because it is essentially Billy’s story, it could be nice for the children to interview a grandparent or elderly relation to see what their lives were like when the y were younger and children could compare it to their lives today.
I personally think a trip to Chelsea football grounds could be very appropriate and educational as the children could research the where it is and possibly how to travel to it. This football theme could be then interlinked with P.E. Looking at tactics and ball control.
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Finished Reading
May 3, 2012
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