1. Tuesday 7 th June 2011 Walt: design and describe a mythical creature. In partners on whiteboards, describe a creature. Can we all guess which one you have described? Add images of mythical creatures (e.g. gryphon, hydra, minotaur, manticore) here before using with class.

2. Tuesday 7 th June 2011 Walt: design and describe a mythical creature. Mythical Creatures Paper Game On a piece of A4 portrait paper in partners write down and then fold over: PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR WHEN YOU HAVE WRITTEN IT! A head – how many and which animals heads Pass it on A body Pass it on Legs – how many and which animals Pass it on Wings ? Pass it on Tail? Pass it on Skin Pass it on Anything else Pass it on LET’S SHARE THEM!

3. Tuesday 7 th June 2011 Walt: design and describe a mythical creature. POSSIBLE INGREDIENTS Let’s use this list to pick out some of our favourites and draw a class creature!

4. Tuesday 7 th June 2011 Walt: design and describe a mythical creature. 5P’s Mythical Creature!What is our creature like? Appearance Nature (peaceful, shy, angry etc) Powers With a partner come up with why each animal part is important!

5. Tuesday 7 th June 2011 Walt: design and describe a mythical creature. Your tasks: Group with Mrs A – use sheet with different mythical creature parts on it to help you. Create your own beast, label the different parts. Treasure sentences to describe the mythical creature you have created. Group with me – creating own beast – using ambitious vocabulary. Paragraph to describe the mythical creature you have created. Groups Independent – create own beast – use powerful WOW words. Paragraph to describe the mythical creature you have created. ALL GROUPS TO INCLUDE A WRITE UP OF: Appearance Nature Powers Why each animal part is important! Remember - WILF Connectives Complex sentences WOW adjectives PUSH you word choice Adverbs ( runs quickly ) TREASURE sentences ? !,. A