During his long career, Sir Michael Morpurgo has served as Children’s Laureate and written more than 150 books. As a child, I remember listening with baited breath as our headteacher read Friend or Foealoud in assembly.

Michael ran on ahead and the rest of the story tells of the whale's desperate struggle to swim back to his family. It was very good as it depicts a little boy finding a stranded whale in London Thames river and the whale I think was very special as it could talk.Also, Michael Morpurgo has quoted, ” Books that kids read should be about what is going on in the world. They currently own three farms where over 2000 children a year stay for a week and experience the countryside by taking part in purposeful farmwork. More Hamburger icon An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. Pupils heading to Year 7 need growing confidence, strong language skills and the ability to express themselves, to develop their thinking skills and to communicate effectively.

Within hours, the city and the wider world have learned of London’s remarkable visitor, and all eyes are on the whale’s struggle against the receding tide. My favourite character was Michael and I felt a bit sorry for him when no one believed him about the whale but was glad that they did when they found out it was on the telly. The key themes are having fun in your stories and to make sure you make the reader interested so they want to read it and i think he uses that in all his book.Mình thích chi tiết ông nội chú cá voi nói rằng hãy truyền thông điệp này đến những đứa trẻ, vì chúng vẫn còn là người tốt và biết lắng nghe, còn người lớn thì xấu xa và không biết dừng lại những hành động xấu của mình. The whale warns that the earth's days are numbered and that humans must put right the damage they are doing, but how can Michael fulfil his promise to tell others when neither his teacher nor his classmates will believe his story? This was a fiction book and my favourite character is the whale because he risks his life to tell an important message to help other whales. I recommend this book for anyone who likes Michael Morpurgo, and for teachers who are looking for something to read to their class. Children can invent new adventures for Pinocchio or retell another familiar story with themselves in the role of the protagonist.

But the creature is real and it has a message for him - one that only an open-minded child can deliver to the rest of the world.Ngoài ra, phần tranh minh họa vô cùng đẹp cũng hấp dẫn mình đọc nó chứ không mang lại cảm giác chán. Taking the wonderful Michael Morpurgo book, This Morning I Met a Whale as an example, we show how reading a story can act as a starting point to whole units of work.