Read your class the ancient Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur and then ask them to sort the facts into true and false. Next ask students to sequence the true facts which gives a summary of the story! They can copy the story into their books.
Wonderful listening skills activity! Great group work! Fab sequencing!
Included in this resource are:
The Story to Read
True Facts
False Facts
True Place-mat
False Place-mat
An exciting 'Exciting Words' starter.
Get your students into small groups. Lay out the 'boring words' on each table. (e.g. said, little, sad) Give the groups 5 minutes to write as many exciting words as they can, which they could use instead of the boring word, around each boring word. e.g. around 'said' they could write 'exclaimed' 'whispered' 'gasped'.
Next ask the groups to move to a new boring word and see if they can add any more words.
I usually ask them to move once more.
Next ask a student from each group to read out the exciting words.
This could be an activity where they use a thesaurus.
This resource includes a 'teachers notes' sheet which has lots of good examples for each word.
Display this work to inform the next piece of writing.
A table of expectations to share with your students before they start a piece a writing. You can then use the table for teacher assessment or self assessment.
It is a word document so you can tweek it for your needs!
This planning sheet will help your student plan a letter to a Greek God or Goddess of their choice.
Use this link to a free TES resource if you would like to give your class some information about Greek Gods and Goddesses:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/greek-gods-6109724
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This creative and time saving bundle includes independent learning, a display, listening and sorting and writing!
The Greeks - An Introductory Page. Encourage independent learning by asking your class what they would like to learn about Ancient Greece or the Greeks. Then, as a group or in small groups, get them to brainstorm what they already know. Fantastic start to any Greek Project!
Whip up a display in an instant! This PowerPoint of images & a title will save your hours of searching. Just press print.
Three titles to go with the display above. The title to choose from read: 'Ancient Greece', 'The Greeks' and 'Greek Gods'
Greek Patterns and a Greek Vase Template. Encourage creativity and manual dexterity with the Greek Vase template which is all ready to add pattern to.
My popular Pandora's Box Listening and sorting Activity. Read the story and then ask your students to sort the facts into true or false. A wonderful stimulus for discussion!
An excellent planning sheet for your class to plan a letter to a Greek God or Goddess.
Read the information and legend about St. Nicholas to your class and and then ask them to sort the facts into true and false. Wonderful Christmas listening skills activity! Great group work! Then ask your class to sequence the true facts into a logical order (the order they appear here) and write them up in their books. I have included an image of St. Nicholas and Father Christmas to add to the page so students can see where Father Christmas came from. The Father Christmas can be coloured in as an extension activity.
Included in this resource are:
The Story to Read
True Facts
False Facts
True Place-mat
False Place-mat
Images to decorate page.
This is all ready to laminate and use year after year.
This festive activity asks your students to each draw around a verse from the very famous 'A Visit From St Nicholas' more commonly known as 'Twas the Night Before Christmas'. There are 14 verses so I got every student to do one and created a display in my room and a display on the corridor. Alternatively you could make it competitive.
An inspiration sheet of festive images is provided to help your class with their drawing.
This makes a wonderful display and could even be used to create a performance of the poem or assembly.
Read your class the ancient Greek myth of Pandora's box and then ask them to sort the facts into true and false. Wonderful listening skills activity! Great group work!
Included in this resource are:
The Story to Read
True Facts
False Facts
True Place-mat
False Place-mat
Laminate the whole page. Cut off the sentences at the top to make a place-mat. Cut out the individual words below. Ask your classes to place the contractions over the correct two words.
Great for assessing what they know or useful as a starter to get your students to recall what they have learnt.
There are three pages to this resource.
Three page starter activity to laminate and use again and again.
Laminate the whole sheet. Neatly cut off the words at the bottom leaving the top like a place-mat. Cut out the individual words from the bottom. Ask Learners to place the two words which make up the contraction in the two boxes next to that word.
Use this starter to see what they already know or assess their recall from a previous lesson. This is a great activity to consolidate using the apostrophe.