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Writing Academy Years 5 and 6: Legends and Heroes
Educational series. Four children are given the task of writing a legend or historical story, with tuition from a children's writer.
Educational series. Four children are given the task of writing a legend or historical story, with personal tuition from children's writer Michael Morpurgo.
Inspiring book extracts include the boyhood of King Arthur as retold in Kevin Crossley-Holland's The Seeing Stone; and Morpurgo's Joan of Arc, a thrilling enactment of the dramatic court-room transcripts.
Key learning focuses on creating larger than life characters within accurate historical settings. What will Writing Academy judges Jamila Gavin and publisher Kate Wilson make of the children's efforts?
Last on
Fri 3 Oct 2008
11:20
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two except Yorkshire
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Participant | Michael Morpurgo |
Participant | Jamila Gavin |
Participant | Kate Wilson |
Broadcasts
- Thu 4 Oct 2007 10:50ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two except East & Yorkshire
- Fri 3 Oct 2008 11:20ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two except East & Yorkshire