Greek myths KS2 – English planning

What's included?

Planning document, plus text resource

Key Stage

KS2

Age

Years 3-6

Subjects

This Greek myths KS2 planning download will save you lots of time and help pupils become familiar with a range of Greek myths.

Using the main text, The Orchard Book of Greek Myths by Geraldine McCaughrean, pupils will study:

powerful verbs
verb tenses
use of first and third person
paragraphs
ways of showing dialogue

They will then draw story maps to learn a Greek myth off by heart, and to retell another myth in written form.

Objectives are set out covering:

Spoken language
Comprehension
Transcription
Grammar
Composition

Greek myths KS2 download

This download contains:

Planning document for teachers, outlining three weeks of content
Resources needed to complete the sessions.

These resources include:

Pandora’s Box worksheet
Names from Greek myths worksheet
The story of Icarus – long and short versions
Powerful verbs worksheet
Conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions worksheet
Examples of words with -logy endings
Objects from Greek mythology information sheet
Extracts from Persephone and the Pomegranate Seeds
Speech marks check list

First lesson

Introduce the The Orchard Book of Greek Myths and read the blurb. Read the foreword which explains the importance of the myths to the Greeks and why people still read and tell the stories today.

Write ‘Prometheus’ and ‘Epimetheus’ at the top of a flip chart. Have some fun practising saying the names – find the small words in the names to help with this me-the-us.

Read pages 9-11 to children. Explain this is a creation myth and most cultures have similar myths which explain how the earth/animals/people came to be. Give pupils time to discuss the story – why was the gift of fire so important?

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