The children have written their own version of The Highwayman, changing as many things as possible from the story. What do you think?

The Highwayman

One evening in a pitch dark forest

That nobody had ever dared to enter except the rich.

Justin a teenage movie star came in a silver limo only the best

To a VIP hotel. Where he supposed that he could buy a book about a witch.

Justin had blackish brown hair,

A short motorcycle riding like jacket that was made of black leather,

Some boots which were black as the darkness of midnight

And he was 100% light as a feather.

When they reached the hotel in which, he had reserved a huge room to rest,

He went straight to the casino where he stood dead in his tracks and planted to the ground.

He did this because in front of his eyes there was the most beautiful teenage star that he had ever laid his eyes on the absolute best.

“Now “he said to himself “the most pleasant girl for me I have found!”.

He soon found out that she was called Selena and was a singer but also a movie star.

John the one who loved Selena and gave out shoes for bowling had his anger boiling when he saw the two hanging out but to calm himself and not be mad he whispered to himself “ she is still the one I love “.

Justin said to Selena “maybe we could just go to the lake outside- to be alone- though let us not go far”.

So they went to the lake and watched together in silence while they heard the graceful fly of a dove.

 

Banu

New Highwayman

 

Once in the middle of the night a Ferrari came driving by,

In that Ferrari was James Bond looking at the sky,

He came driving-

driving – driving - by,

He was in a dark deep forest with high brown trees,

On those trees were dark green leaves,

The pavements were chatting while James Bond came driving.

 

James Bond had a black suit, a white shirt with a bow tie,

And a nice little triangle on the top of his head,

A gun down his pants with little black bullets,

Shining  black eyes on the forehead,

With Todd black shoes he kept driving-

driving – driving – by,

And he came in his super-duper fast Ferrari,

 

The trees swung from one way to the other,

James Bond knocked on the grand door but it was closed-

closed – closed – hard,

He went to the bottom of the balcony,

Were Sky the Hotel managers daughter was waiting for money,

There she was James Bonds honey.

 

On the parking slots were they talking,

There John Jawer was watching while they were walking,

James Bond Said he was going to bring back some jewels

And went away with all his tools-

tools – tools – away,

while Sky Blue-eyed was waiting. 

  

Elodie

The Coastguard

One gloomy mysterious night

The coast guard had a flight

He was flying through the forest

It was the foggiest

 

He was flying, flying, flying

Suddenly the engines were dying

Then he saw a beach with many houses

When he landed he saw many mouses

When he went out and knocked on the door

He heard a big snore

Then a beautiful girl named Lady Gaga came out

And he was in love

 

The coast guard had to go so he said

You will find me by moon light

Jakishum was listening because he has dumb

When the coast guard went away a mafia came

They were all the same

They started killing every one

But they tied Lady Gaga to the bed and they were done

 

 

When the coast guard came back

The mafia had snack

Then they saw him and killed him

And then they killed her

And they lived happily ever after as ghosts

The End

By Zachary

New Highwayman

The moon was extremely glowy,

And in the eerie forest,

Tintin came riding with his dog snowy,

And they were both absolutely petrified,

 

He had a black and white lethal pistol,

He really had extremely modern jeans,

And in his shoes he had a pricy pistol,

In case something happened he had a whistle,

 

He came riding to a huge sky-scraper,

He did that dangerous thing because,

He had it on the paper,

And there he saw her

 

Viktor

The Highwayman

The moon was a glimmering ball of light

 The wind was a sign of darkness

The road was a vast as a star bright

 And a boy named Tom came in a car to the hotel

 

He had a white t-shirt and a black coat

His hair was a mighty brown and his shoes were black

His trousers were sky blue plus his eyes too

 

He parked his sliver car in the giant old hotel,

And tried to meet someone new but the place was empty

He rushed through all the doors

But sadly there was no one there

On his way out he found a girl named Emalli

While the taked a boy named Bob stared

At them while his hair turned into flames of fire

 

King Max’s men came marching  to the hotel

And killed the lovely Emalli

As soon as Tom heard about this he

Was as mad as an eagle and tried to kill

The soldiers but killed himself

But they lived as one

 

Seljan

Here are the first installments of Year 5B's version of The Highwayman. They have written their own endings to the poem. Can you leave one or two positive comments, and one comment about how you could make it better, about each one.

The Highwayman

Clip-clop the hooves echo in the frosty night,

The Highwayman was ready to kill, affront and fight,

He was going to go and save Bess from her knots,

Ready to affront all of the soldiers which were lot’s,

When he arrived at the inn he killed till moonlight,

Then they ran away forever in the middle of the night,

The soldiers were dead but Bess and the Highwayman where not.

Elodie

The highwayman

Clip clop the hooves did echo in the frosty night

When he swathe Bess in knots

He rushed to the quiet inn

While he untied her knots he noticed there were lots

He throw the rope in the bin

One soldier woke from his slumber

And fought with the highwayman

Till there was a big thunder

The other soldiers woke with a fright

And then there was a big fight

The highwayman died but he still loved Bess

Bess now sees her love in the moonlight

Seljan