Skellig
by David Almond
Lesson 13
Reading on in Skellig
Starter:
 At the end of this book, Skellig says
goodbye to Michael and Mina.
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How do you think he will say goodbye to
them?
Please stand up and join hands in
3s.
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Now imagine you are growing wings and
lifting off the floor1
Imagine Skellig looks at you with
love
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He says’ thank you for 27 and 53. thank you for
giving me my life again. Now you have to go
home’.
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‘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. paragraphs
For your assessment
You are thinking about their
character
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Character 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!
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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 found
His little boy was doing a pee.
P. E. E.
 Point: what is this paragraph about; why
are you writing
 Evidence: How can you show what you
are saying; give an example or examples.
 Explanation : what does this mean’ what is
the point?
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Skellig’s character.
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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.
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Finally, what can we say about Skellig and what
he is like?
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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..........................
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In conclusion..................