Skellig by David Almond

Lesson 13

Reading on in SkelligStarter: At the end of this book, Skellig

says goodbye to Michael and Mina.

How do you think he will say goodbye to them?

Please stand up and join hands in 3s.

Now imagine you are growing wings and lifting off the floor1

Imagine Skellig looks at you with loveHe says’ thank you for 27 and 53. thank you

for giving me my life again. Now you have to go home’.

‘where will you go?’ I said.He pointed out to the sky.‘somewhere,’. He said.I touched his dry, cole hand.‘What are you?’ I whispered.‘Something like you, something like a beast,

something like a bird, something like an angel.’ he laughed.’ ‘Something like that.’

p.e.e. paragraphsFor your assessment

You are thinking about their characterCharacter is important in English

where we think about different people in stories.

Somebody’s character is: WHAT MAKES THEM DIFFERENT FROM ANYBODY ELSE.

Your character is: WHAT MAKES YOU YOU!

The king of Belgium wanted to show his people that he loved his family and that he was a normal human being like the people he ruled. One day, his little boy went missing; he ran away out of the palace. His father was very sad and said that when his son was found he would make a statue in the position that his son was when he was found. He did this and you can see the statue of his little boy in the middle of Brussels. It was made into a fountain. From this we can see that the king loved his son but he also loved his country. We can also see that the king kept his promises and that he liked jokes.

Here is the statue he had made:

When he was foundHis little boy was doing a pee.P. E. E. Point: what is this paragraph

about; why are you writingEvidence: How can you show

what you are saying; give an example or examples.

Explanation : what does this mean’ what is the point?

Skellig’s character.Introduction: Where is Skellig; where does he

live;what do we know about him?

1. Say something about Skellig. What is he like? How do we know? What does this mean?

2.Say something about Skellig. What is he like? How do we know? What does this mean

3.Say something about Skellig. What is he like? How do we know? What does this mean.

Finally, what can we say about Skellig and what he is like?

We first meet Skellig when.............Skellig is ...........who lives.................

Skellig is...................He says’...’ so we know that he.......................................

On page...................Skellig................... He................ This shows that......................

Finally, we can see that Skellig................................He says................He also says..........................

In conclusion..................