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RESEARCH this – life in Longhouses

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zrthfg8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1P4Y016qOw

https://vimeo.com/39594231

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/ztyr9j6/articles/ztqbr82 (family life)

 

ACTIVITY –

 

You need to imagine that you are a 10 year old Viking boy/girl. You wake up in the longhouse on a normal day and describe what's going on - as many small details as possible

 

  1. Plan using this- Write down as many descriptive words as you can to describe what’s going on in the longhouse – Smells, what you see, sounds, tastes, what you feel!

  2. Write a short paragraph describing waking up in a Viking longhouse, finish it when you have had your “dagmál” (breakfast) and are going out to do your jobs

 

Wilf – lots of description, smells sounds, sights, touch

Facts about family life in the longhouse, breakfast, jobs, what it looks like

Past tense & 3rd person – describe it like a storybook would –

 

“ He stirred when he heard the clatter of pots at the fire..”

 

No plot, no action (that will come later) just description of the longhouse.

 

Use this to help you –