Fables Myths Legends planning Powerpoints Year 6 Literacy Welsh legends

Three weeks of plans.

You get powerpoints.

Looks at myths particularly Robin Hood and Welsh legends

You get plenty of resources.

Sample:

Ask the children to TTYP and name some famous legends.
Come back together and discuss (King Arthur, Robin Hood etc).
Ask children what they think are the features of a legend?
Establish that myths and legends are very similar but that Although legends often include mythical beings and supernatural events, their narrative spine is more closely connected to the real world of human history. The events in legends tend to seem more likely and less fictionalised than those in myths.
Legends are usually based on real characters and events, even though these have been richly embellished and exaggerated over time. This gives the narrative an exciting quality because all the events seem to be within the realm of possibility even when the plot has become so widely adapted or updated that it is completely fictional.
The plot of a legend usually focuses on an individual character, a cultural hero or a person respected and remembered (Jason, King Arthur, Robin Hood, William Tell, Roland) but there are also legends about places (Atlantis, Shangri-La), objects (the Holy Grail, the Philosopher’s Stone) and legendary animals (the Yeti, Loch Ness monster, Sasquatch, Chupacabra).

Make a checklist for the working wall ‘Features of legends’ to include:
Plot focuses on hero, struggle between hero and villain, journeys, rich vocabulary, imagery, metaphor, a more human story.
Read ‘Robin Hood: Outlaw with a sense of humour’ from Hamilton Trust resources page 9.
Make a list of attributes a hero, villain and side-kick should have in a legend
HA: describe all 3 types of character, include more detail, use complex sentences (with, who, when – model for children)
MA: write about all 3 characters – IR to support
LA: make a character description of Robin Hood – mind map vocabulary first then write 5 good sentences about him.
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