How to Train Your Dragon is the first book in the series of 12, following Hiccup as he captures a dragon as a rite of passage and attempts to train him so that he will not be exiled from Berk, as is its tradition. The Vikings live on Berk Island. The main character, Hiccup, is the son of a Viking chief who lives on Berk Island. The dragon has constantly invaded this island, which is why battles never stop. Hiccup is hated in the village because he is weak-willed and weak-minded. Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third is a smallish Viking with a longish name. Hiccup's father is chief of the Hairy Hooligan tribe which means Hiccup is the Hope and the Heir to the Hairy Hooligan throne - but most of the time Hiccup feels like a very ordinary boy, finding it hard to be a Hero. In the first How to Train Your Dragon book Hiccup must lead ten novices in their initiation into the Hairy Hooligan Tribe. They have to train their dragons or be BANISHED from the tribe FOR EVER! But wh...
Rik Mayall was an explosion of kinetic energy which manifested itself in a unique style of comedy that alienated those who feared life and delighted everyone else. Roald Dahl, meanwhile, was a writer of children's books who managed to conjure up worlds which were highly relatable yet, at the same time, coloured fantastically with surreal and grotesque narratives. And, in January 1986, these two worlds collided when Mayall delivered a one man performance of Roald Dahl's 1981 novel George's Marvellous Medicine for BBC1's Jackanory.
We are working with poetry in modersmål English at the moment. You will be expected to read, talk about and even write poetry. It is not about if you think it is good poetry, or if you think it is fun or not. It is about learning something new about how English works. But first, what is poetry? Poetry is about feelings, emotions and imagination and does not just focus on meaning and understanding. There are always more than a few ways to understand a poem. It usually uses language and is written, but not all the time. It does not follow the same rules as other types of language, and this is why it is important to learn about it. A poem can be short or very long. For example: From time to time The clouds give rest To the moon beholders. . This was written 400 years ago by a Japanese man named Matsuo Bashō. It is a very famous poem. What do you think it means? To start making your own poem, begin with these websites that will help you: https://www.poetrygames.org/poetry-machine/ https://...
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