Lesson Four – Myth Characters
This English teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to select and record lists of words that can be used to describe the appearance and behaviour of different characters that feature in a Roman myth.
The class can identify and explain how to use other forms of vocabulary to extend and enrich their sentences describing what might happen in a Roman myth.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to select and record lists of words that can be used to describe the appearance and behaviour of different characters that feature in a Roman myth
Activities in this teaching pack include a template to make a list of special vocabulary words that can be used to describe the appearance, mannerisms and behaviour of a specific character in a myth related to Roman mythology and folklore.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to make lists of words that can be used to describe the appearance and behaviour of characters in a myth.
This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to investigate the structure and language of narrative stories written as myths, practise adding the suffix ly to word roots and extend sentences using conjunctions to express cause. 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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Detective Stories
Investigate common narrative features and styles of mystery and thriller writing, learn spelling rules for adding the suffix able and practise using commas to write compound and complex sentences
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Detective Story Puzzles
Identify and record how to write an extra section to match the structure and format of a detective story to create puzzles in the mind of the reader about what happened
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Detective Story Paragraphs
Model and record how to convert a selection of paragraphs from a detective story from the first to the third person to indicate the sequence of narrative events
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Character Viewpoints
Select and compose a selection of paragraphs to match the content of a detective story written from the viewpoint of one of the characters