Key Stage Two : English : Reading : Comprehension : Theseus and the Minotaur
This English reading teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to read and answer comprehension questions about the structure and content of a myth from Ancient Greece. The class can suggest how the story might develop by adding new scenes describing what happens when Theseus returns home.
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This teaching pack includes reading comprehension materials to teach the class to read and answer comprehension questions about the structure and content of a myth. There are activities for shared, independent and group learning.
Learning Objectives
Increasing their familiarity with a wide range of myths. Drawing inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justifying inferences with evidence.
Learning Outcomes
I can identify how myths are written and structured differently from other types of texts. I can use parts of a text to support viewpoints about the actions of the characters.
Theseus and the Minotaur
Shared reading text to help the children identify, describe and compare the structure and content of a myth based on a story from Ancient Greece
Theseus and the Minotaur Questions
Activity to help the children answer comprehension questions about the structure and content of a myth based on a story from Ancient Greece
Theseus and the Minotaur Questions (support)
Activity to help the children answer comprehension questions about the structure and content of a myth based on a story from Ancient Greece
Theseus and the Minotaur
Interactive activity to help the children read and answer comprehension questions about the structure and content of a myth based on a story from Ancient Greece
Download this teaching pack including an assembly plan, teaching activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to read and answer comprehension questions about the structure and content of a myth
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