Writing

In the deadly chaos of the First World War, one horse witnesses the reality of battle from both sides of the trenches. Bombarded by artillery, with bullets knocking riders from his back, Joey tells a powerful story of the truest friendships surviving in terrible times. One horse has seen the best and the worst of humanity. The power of war and the beauty of peace. This is his story.

Life in the Trenches

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Diary Entries

One of the original Australian Imperial Force (AIF) units that landed on Gallipoli was the 16th Battalion. Signaller Ellis Silas told a story of the battalion at Anzac through his diary and artworks, in a book published in 1916.

Using your sensory web about 'Life in the Trenches' , and inspiration from the diary entries below, create your own diary entry from the perspective of a WW1 soldier.

Horse Character Profile

Today we are going to create a character profile for an imaginative War Horse that is serving in World War 1.

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Write a descriptive Paragraph

Write a descriptive paragraph describing your horse.

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Here is a basic sentence to start with: The horse ran through the battlefield.
See if you can uplevel the subject, predicate and punctuation. You might be able to use multi-sensory clues from your sensory web, and ideas from your horse character profile.

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The brave horse galloped through the frantic battlefield, his hooves pounding like distant drums as the sharp scent of smoke filled the air. Metal fragments whizzed past like angry wasps, but he courageously pushed on.

Extension

Write a creative sentence or paragraph using some of these key words from Chapter 1 in War Horse.

Wrenched
Exhaustion
Barney
Intrigued
Hubbub
Stamina
Whisked
Haggling
Lunge