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

The class can select and add relative clauses to modify nouns in sentences about the story of Theseus and the Minotaur to show the sequence of narrative events.

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

Activities in this teaching pack include a table display card to select and add relative clauses to modify nouns in sentences about the story of Theseus and the Minotaur and a worksheet to add relative clauses to modify nouns in example sentences about the story of Theseus and the Minotaur written as facts and information.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to change sentences from a Greek myth into facts and information for a non-fiction text.

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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