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Page 1: Narratives and myths and legends

The Purpose is to entertain, motivate or

teach

Myths& LegendsNarratives

Written by Jacqui Sharphttp://sharpjacqui.blogspot.com

Clipart courtesy of http://clipart.mrdonn.org/ancientgreekgods.html

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Write in second person

You

Write in third person

• She• Her• He• His•Their•Him•Them•They• It

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lived• Past

lives• Present

had• Past

has• Present

King Minos lived on a lovely island called Crete.King Minos lives on a lovely island called Crete.

King Minos had a powerful navy.King Minos has a powerful navy.

Write in the Past

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• Write a title • Write an introduction

– Set the scene and mood

– Introduce characters– Use second or third

person– Use past tense

• Theseus and the Minotaur

• King Minos lived on the lovely island of Crete with his beautiful daughter. He got bored easily so regularly he would go and attack Athens on the other side of the sea.

IntroductionSetting the Scene or the mood

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The Problem or Conflict

What was the problem?

When you write the

problem make it interesting!

The King of Athens offered him his children to be eaten by the Minotaur.

The King of Athens, offered King Minos, seven girls and seven boys

every nine years as an offering to the Minotaur. The Minotaur was a

favourite of King Minos so he liked the idea of a regular sacrifice.

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Activity

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What happens next?

What happens after?

What happens later?

What happens finally?

When they arrived in

Crete…

There were locked in the

maze. Not long after…

Finally they set sail back to Athens but

after a while they….

ImportantPoints in order

Response

Action

The nine years passed quicky and Prince Theseus offered to take the place of one of the children and kill

the Minotaur.

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ConclusionWrite a conclusion and or a resolution here…

Does it have a summary or a moral?

They all set sail for Athens. On the way they stopped off at a small island to stock up on supplies. The Princess insisted on

coming to the island. It was a very quiet island with nothing to do so the Princess fell asleep. All the people of the island gathered around to gaze at her beauty. Theseus left her there as he had

fulfilled his promise of taking her away so that people could admire how beautiful she was.

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Conjunctions join sentences

Other words for ‘and’ButOr SoAs

As ifAs long as

Neither

EitherBeforeAfter

When WhileUntil

Although

SinceEven if

BecauseNot only

NorBut also

once

Games

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Action Verbs express actionJumped

RanTalked

ListenedGiggling

buzz

LearnedSeeing

HoppedShowedRepliedraced

Game

Look at your sentence, is a person or an object doing something. Ask yourselfthe question ‘Can you <insert word>?

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Use Vivid Verbs

Walked Plodded Stomped

Talked gossiped nattered chattered

Listened snooped eavesdropped

Think considered contemplated

Get fished hooked

What are vivid verbs?They are Power Words!

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Have I Yes/No

Written in the past tense?

Written in second and third person?

Written an introduction that sets the scene?

Said ‘What the problem is?

Said ‘what the response was (happens next and after)?

Said what the Action was?

Said what the Outcome was?

Have I used other conjunctions for ‘and’?

Have I used vivid verbs?

Have I used interesting adjectives?

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Publishing Examples

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Use Word or Pages, add a frame, WordArt heading and a graphic

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Use the transferButton

in Inspiration

and edit the text to

form a narrative.

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Create some

cartoon pictures in KidPix or

Paint.Insert into Comic Life,

Word or Pages.

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Put your graphics into shapes and make a comic slideshow in

Keynote.

Upload into Slideshare and add it to our Wiki!