This English teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to 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.

The class can name and describe some of the typical characters and plot events that might feature in the narrative of a myth that illustrates life in Ancient Greece.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to 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

Activities in this teaching pack include differentiated worksheets to play a game to select and match a range of different word roots with the prefixes mis and dis and identify and record the meaning of different words with the prefixes dis and mis to use when illustrating events in a Greek myth.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore the meaning of different words with the prefixes dis and mis that can be used in a myth from Ancient Greece.

This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get 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. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.

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