1. The Purpose is
to entertain,
motivate or
teach
Myths
& Legends
Narratives
Written by Jacqui Sharp
http://sharpjacqui.blogspot.com
Clipart courtesy of
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cientgreekgods.html

2. Write in second person
You
Write in third person
• She
• Her
• He
• His
•Their
•Him
•Them
•They
•It

3. 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

4. • 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.

5. 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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6. 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….
Response
Action
The nine years passed
quicky and Prince Theseus
offered to take the place of
one of the children and kill
the Minotaur.

7. Write 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.

8. Conjunctions join sentences

9. Action Verbs express action
Look at your sentence, is a person or
an object doing something. Ask yourself
the question ‘Can you <insert word>?

10. 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!

11. Adjectives: describes objects, people
http://www.brianpcleary.com/words/index.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/spelling_grammar.shtml

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14. 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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