The Highway Man ~ Class Sets
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.
In Alfred Noyes's thrilling poem, charged with drama and tension, we ride with the highwayman and recoil from the terrible fate that befalls him and his sweetheart Bess, the landlord's daughter. The vivid imagery of the writing is matched by Charles Keeping's haunting illustrations which won him the Kate Greenaway Medal.
This new edition features rescanned artwork to capture the breath-taking detail of Keeping's illustrations and a striking new cover.
If you would like to be invoiced for this product (or would like a different quantity), please email julia@chestnutbooks.co.uk with an order number and we’ll be happy to help.
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.
In Alfred Noyes's thrilling poem, charged with drama and tension, we ride with the highwayman and recoil from the terrible fate that befalls him and his sweetheart Bess, the landlord's daughter. The vivid imagery of the writing is matched by Charles Keeping's haunting illustrations which won him the Kate Greenaway Medal.
This new edition features rescanned artwork to capture the breath-taking detail of Keeping's illustrations and a striking new cover.
If you would like to be invoiced for this product (or would like a different quantity), please email julia@chestnutbooks.co.uk with an order number and we’ll be happy to help.
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.
In Alfred Noyes's thrilling poem, charged with drama and tension, we ride with the highwayman and recoil from the terrible fate that befalls him and his sweetheart Bess, the landlord's daughter. The vivid imagery of the writing is matched by Charles Keeping's haunting illustrations which won him the Kate Greenaway Medal.
This new edition features rescanned artwork to capture the breath-taking detail of Keeping's illustrations and a striking new cover.
If you would like to be invoiced for this product (or would like a different quantity), please email julia@chestnutbooks.co.uk with an order number and we’ll be happy to help.
We love this poem because it is:
a beautiful edition of the Highway Man with award winning illustrations
wonderful for teaching figurative language in narrative poetry
a classic narrative poem
widely taught with lots of free resources available online
Learning opportunities:
Reading ~ use of metaphors, similes, onomatopoeia, repetition,
Reading ~ compare the moods in the two halves of the poems
Reading ~ changes in tense
Writing ~ write a dairy entry as Bess
Writing ~ write a letter from Bess to the Highwayman
Reading ~ fact vs opinion
History ~ Dick Turpin
Writing ~ write a report about the death of the Highwayman
Art ~ create a picture of the Highwayman at night in the style of Keeping (charcoal / wax / scratch art)
S & L ~ performance poetry: prepare the poem to perform in an assembly
S & L ~ Debate: Is the Highwayman a hero or a villain?
