Race to the Frozen North: The Matthew Henson Story: 1

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Both thought-provoking and accessible, this is an impressive historical adventure.’ www.booktrust.org.uk Johnson has skilfully balanced what is heart-breaking and harrowing with scenes of friendship, kindness, warmth and humour (oh how I loved the night soil scene!), and Freedom is ultimately a hope-filled tale set in a world on the brink of abolishing the slave trade.

Race to the Frozen North: The Matthew Henson Story Race to the Frozen North: The Matthew Henson Story

Penniless and shoeless, 11-year-old Matt leaves home and walks to Washington DC in search of a new life. Taken in by the kindly Janey, he helps in her café. But, entranced by a customer’s tales of adventure on the high seas, Matt starts to dream of sailing the world. As he sets off to find work on a ship, little does he know of the deep challenges he’ll face and the incredible things he’ll achieve.Everyone should read a chapter (or more, if they fancy) of their chosen story. Anyone who’s not reading aloud should mute themselves so it’s easy for everyone to hear. Matthew is best known for being an early explorer and he is thought to have been the first person to reach the North Pole. He was born on the 8th August 1866 in Maryland in the USA and took part in many expeditions to the North Pole and Greenland.

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Personally I enjoyed this book my favourite characters were Matt, Eliza, and Janey because Janey was kind to Matt even though he had coloured skin, the plot was quite exciting but it could have been improved, I didn't learn much from this book but people who know very little about racism would definitely learn lot. I would recommend this book to people slightly younger than me who wanted to know more about the severity of racism and how it affected people in the 19 th and 20 th century. Matthew Henson did something incredible: he was the first person to set foot on the north pole. Explorers like Matthew usually go down in history – they get awards, books and films are made about them, and their names appear on university buildings, libraries and street signs. Can anyone think of any examples of this? Perhaps there’s a school nearby named after someone famous or they’ve seen a film about a historical figure who did something amazing.Sawbones’s narration was as clean cut and objective as the scalpel and the mind of he that wields them.’ Big Book Little Book www.bigbooklittlebook.com/2014/01/sawbones/ Chosen by Booktrust as one of ‘The Best New Children’s Books’ for their spring roundup: ‘Catherine Johnson’s tragic tale of bad lad Devon feels real and dangerous enough to hit home.’

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Each version of this Matthew Henson Reading Comprehension Activity has a reading sheet and a question sheet, and each version of this resource is differentiated based on difficulty. There are three versions of this resource, and you can determine the difficulty rating of each using the number of stars in the bottom-left corner. One star indicates the simplest version of this resource, and three stars indicates the most complex version of the resource. What is Matthew Henson best known for?Based on the story of real-life 19th-century explorer Matthew Henson, Catherine Johnson’s light touch makes this remarkable story an exciting read and sheds important light on the way prejudice has white-washed the way we learn about the past. A super-readable book and printed in a dyslexia-friendly format. Catherine Johnson is a British author and screenwriter. She has written several young adult novels and co-wrote the screenplay for the 2004 drama film Bullet Boy. Use this interesting Matthew Henson Reading Comprehension Activity to help your child to develop their comprehension skills at home. The KS1 resource is split into three different levels to suit most children aged 5-7. Encourage your child to carefully read the fact file before answering a variety of questions. It is a great way to help you to know if your child is understanding what they are reading, while learning about an this important historical figure.

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If you could ask any of the characters a question, who would you choose and what question would you ask them? I found the plot very factual, chronological, and to-the-point instead of light-hearted and exciting but interesting all the same, especially as it was told from the point of view of Matthew himself, not in the third person like most books of this style are. I liked the fact that the first person perspective meant you understood the friendships Matthew developed with the people he met in his life like the Eskimos he went to the pole with. Johnson’s heroine has a brave and endearing voice….I loved the visual detail.’– Adele Geras Times Educational Supplement Hello Yellow - 80 Books to Help Children Nurture Good Mental Health and Support With Anxiety and Wellbeing - Matthew Henson was simply an ordinary man. That was, until Commander Robert E. Peary entered his life, and offered him a chance at true adventure. Henson would become navigator, craftsman, translator, and right-hand man on a treacherous journey to the North Pole. Defying the odds and the many prejudices that faced him to become a true pioneer. This is his incredible and often untold story.Shortlisted for the Hampshire Book Award’Come with me… Join me on a journey far beyond this world… far beyond what is known…’Stella is the ‘Queen of the Night’, a professional spirit-talker. Standing on stage in her gauzy silver cape, looking out with her big brown eyes, she makes people believe she really can talk to the dead.It’s all pretence, of course. Stella couldn’t do it without her guardian, Nana. Then Nana dies suddenly, leaving Stella to survive on her own. And she finds that it can be a lot harder dealing with the living than with the dead.. Sawbones A forensic murder mystery set in 1792. Ezra McAdam is apprenticed to a top London anatomist and surgeon and can read a dead body as well as you or I might read a book. But when an unusual body arrives for dissection, events spiral out of control. Ezra meets Loveday Finch, hot tempered magician’s assistant and together they unearth a trail of murder and international secrets… The person leading the activity should remind everyone that Matthew Henson was the first person to reach the North Pole. Explorers like him need an array of skills to help them achieve their goals.