Click
the curlew to visit the
Northumberland National Park home page
Part
financed by the
EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE
AND GUARANTEE FUND
Supported by the
The Lost Palace
A Literacy Hour Shared Text with accompanying Teachers' Notes published by Northumberland National Park Authority.
There are four chapters:
What the Goats Saw: A semi-fictional, chronological account of the generations of goats which have lived on the hill of Yeavering Bell. They have watched thousands of years come and go, seeing the royal palace built, burnt, forgotten and finally found.
Beowulf & Bede: Original text and literal translations of passages from Beowulf and Bede -real accounts of what it was like at Yeavering in the millennium before last.
How the Lost Palace Was Found: A non-fictional account of the archaeological dig which uncovered the palace.
Glossary: Explanations of the technical and local terms found in the texts
View and print The Lost Palace resource pack (665k). File is in Adobe Acrobat format.
View and print The Lost Palace teachers notes (191k). File is in Adobe Acrobat format.
View and print the text of the Lost Palace without graphics (32k).
View teacher's review and children's work
Downloads are in Adobe Acrobat format. If your machine does not have Adobe Acrobat reader you will need to download it. It's free, so click here to install:
