This resource is on the topic of Saint George and The Dragon legend.
A great introduction to myths and legends.
Aimed at: KS1/2
The legend of St. George the dragon-slayer is on PowerPoint.
The Presentation includes whole class activities and comprehension questions.
Children are encouraged to participate in discussion about the story and check their understanding.
The second PowerPoint Presentation explains what mythical stories are and why they were told (6 Slides).
The third PowerPoint Presentation is on different dragons for whole class activity and to prepare children for their worksheet activity.
The resource also contains:-
- Flexible detailed lesson plans covering 3 lessons (includes learning objectives and plenaries). Each PowerPoint slide is referred to in the lesson plans.
Lesson 1: Children are presented with the legend of St. George and then there are 7 comprehension questions. The Myths Presentation is also referred to set the story in context.
- Differentiated worksheets - With support - LA children read, cut/paste sentences to match pictures;
MA/HA write sentences for each picture using time words. - Extension: Complete George’s Day Factsheet (colour in/3 questions).
Lesson 2: The lesson focus is adjectives. Children review describing words using the Dragons Presentation. Build a word bank of adjectives; model sentence for describing dragon on Slide 12).
Differentiated Activity 1 - LA children label the dragon and then write simple sentences after colouring it in.
MA/LA - Draw/colour in their dragon and write sentences describing it.
Early finishers: Print off one or two dragon slides for children to describe.
Lesson 3: Retelling myth in own words. Quick review of the story.
Children draft their story and also use their description of their dragon in the previous lesson to add into the story.
There is a worksheet to write up the final draft.
Get this resource as part of a bundle and save up to 47%
A bundle is a package of resources grouped together to teach a particular topic, or a series of lessons, in one place.
Something went wrong, please try again later.
A good range of resources and ideas which can be developed and/or adapted if needed. One small point, I changed the princess pics on the powerpoint from the white blond image to fit the location more accurately.
Report this resourceto let us know if it violates our terms and conditions.
Our customer service team will review your report and will be in touch.
£3.50