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 that can be used when describing the sequence of narrative events in a myth
Lesson Two : Myth Sentences
Select and model how to add a selection of relative clauses to modify nouns that feature in different sentences related to the narrative of a Greek myth
Lesson Three : Sentence Facts
Identify and record how to change a selection of sentences from a Greek myth into facts and information that might feature in a non-fiction text
Lesson Four : Myth Diary
Describe and model how to compose a diary entry to record the sequence of narrative events that occurred in a myth from Ancient Greece
Lesson Five : Myth News
Plan and compile an example news report to describe some of the different narrative events that occurred in a Greek myth about a hero and a monster
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Rounding Hundreds
Explain and model how to round some different numbers to the nearest hundred based on the place values of the digits in each number
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Rounding Tens
Identify and record how to round some different numbers to the nearest ten based on the place values of the digits in each number
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Classic Animal Stories
Investigate the structure and content of classic works of fiction by significant authors with animals as the main characters
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Cities, Towns and Villages
Research and present the history of a range of different buildings and people that are part of the local community using a school exhibition