The Highwayman Summary

For reading this week and for next week Mrs Anderson reading group have been studying an old poem called the Highwayman. It was written by Alfred Noyes and was set in the 18th century (1701 - 1800) in the countryside in England. This poem talks about a the relationship between Highwayman (A highwayman is a man who rides a horse and carries guns also stealing from other people) and a landlord's daughter. It is a interesting poem but sadly at the end of the both the Highwayman and Bess (landlord's daughter) die. For our reading task we were to create a DLO with a summary about the Highwayman poetry. We read the poem and for each paragraph we talked to our group about the paragraph and what it talks about. If you would like to listen the poem on you tube click here.