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How did he come to be involved in the war? How did he feel about taking part and meeting Joey? Retell the story from Tophorn's point of view.Write a letter from Trooper Warren replying to his family.What does this mean? Can you think of any other words / phrases to describe this feeling? At the start of Chapter 6, the soldiers are feeling 'buoyant with optimism'.Which emotions are felt by each character at that point in the story? Read and act out Chapter 4 where Joey is sold to the army.

Choose a chapter and look through it, finding unknown words and find out their meanings (e.g.

Can you think of synonyms for these words? Can you find any antonyms?

Albert's father thinks that horses are 'obstinate and stupid'.

Find out how to look after horses and write a set of instructions to teach others.

Look at pictures of horses? (see Resources below)?and think of as many words as you can to describe them.

What does it think about its life? How does it feel? What adventures might it have?

Choose a pet or another animal and write a story from it's point of view.

Use the story to think about how to write in the first / third person.

Could you write a new story about an animal who has an extraordinary adventure?.

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Every year he and his family spend time in the Scilly Isles, the setting for three of his books. He is also a father and grandfather, so children have always played a large part in his life. He was knighted in the 2018 for his services to literature and charity. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL) in 2004.

In 2003, he was advanced to an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).

In 1999 this work was publicly recognised when he and his wife were invested a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to youth. They have three farms in Devon, Wales and Gloucestershire, open to inner city school children who come to stay and work with the animals. He left teaching after ten years in order to set up 'Farms for City Children' with his wife. After a brief and unsuccessful spell in the army, he took up teaching and started to write. Born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, in 1943, he was evacuated to Cumberland during the last years of the Second World War, then returned to London, moving later to Essex. He also writes his own screenplays and libretti for opera. Sir Michael Andrew Morpurgo, OBE, FRSL is the author of many books for children, five of which have been made into films.