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Myths and Legends

This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore the structure and format of myths and legends from different time periods and communities around the world. The class can read and answer comprehension questions to identify the unique features of this text genre.

Theseus and the Minotaur
Read and answer a range of different comprehension questions about the structure and content of a myth from Ancient Greece about a hero and a monster

Pandora’s Box
Read and answer a range of different comprehension questions about the structure and content of a myth from Ancient Greece about the actions of a god
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Theme Park Visit
Practise identifying and calculating the timing and duration of rides and events when visiting a theme park on a special family trip
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Family Holiday Trips
Identify and record how to compose and publish recounts using adverbials of time and place to describe family holidays to different places in the world
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Money Multiplication
Explain and model how to use standard written calculation methods to multiply money amounts in pounds and pence when solving number problems
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Sport Teams
Explain and model how to use brackets and dashes to add extra information to sentences describing how to play sports and games as part of a team