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Unit A – Theseus and the Minotaur
This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore the text features and characteristic structures of myths and legends, match words roots with the verb prefixes dis and mis and practise embedding relative clauses into sentences. The class can compose diaries and news reports to illustrate events.
Explore the text features and characteristic structures of myths and legends, match words roots with the verb prefixes dis and mis and practise embedding relative clauses into sentences
Lesson One : Prefix Definitions
Identify and record the meaning of different words with the prefixes dis and mis
Lesson Two : Myth Sentences
Practise adding relative clauses to modify nouns in sentences related to a Greek myth
Lesson Three : Sentence Facts
Change sentences from a Greek myth into facts and information for a non-fiction text
Lesson Four : Myth Diary
Compose a diary entry to record the sequence of narrative events in a myth from Ancient Greece
Lesson Five : Myth News
Compile a news report to describe some of the events that occurred in a Greek myth
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