greek myths

Greek MythsFocus: To plan a creative myth.

MythsWhat is a myth?A myth is a made-up story that explains the

existence of a natural event — such as where thunder comes from or why we have four seasons.

The main characters in myths are usually gods or supernatural heroes .

As sacred stories, myths are often approved by rulers and priests and closely linked to religion.

PersephoneWho was Persephone?What happens in the myth

Persephone?Four seasons – Winter,

Autumn, Spring and Summer.

Hades – Lord of the Underworld

Zeus – King of the Gods

Mount Olympus

Why snow falls from the sky!

• In your talk partners think of five words to describe snow.• In your talk partners think of a creative idea as to why it might snow. Not scientific!

Mind MappingWe are now going to create our own mind map to help us

plan our myth ‘Why snow falls from the sky’. What do you think we should put in the middle of our

map? Something to summarise our myth.How many branches will we need? At least six main

branches:Characters – Hero, monster, damsel, Introduction – create a settingBuild up – set your hero on a questMain body – surround your hero with conflictsConclusion – bring your myth to an endThe natural event – according to the story...

How many second level branches will we need?

Will we use third level branches?Make sure you use the keys words for your

myth.Characters names, feelings, emotions, places,

etc.Use lots of colour in your map, colour co-

ordinating branches.

Now it’s your turn....

Focus: To plan a creative myth ‘Why snow falls from the sky’Share your myth plan with your talk partner.Does the plan show a story that will explain

why snow falls from the sky?Discuss sentence openers to start your myth.Draw a face to represent how you feel about

your plan.