Hello there,
In both English and Individuals and Societies we have started our first units of the year.
In English the unit is entitled “Myths and Legends.” So far students have defined terms such as myth, legend, fable, folk tale, fairy tale and epic tale. They are now working in groups – developing the ATL social skill collaboration- on creation myths from around the world. They will present these as a formative assessment. This work will be a trial run for their first summative piece on either fire, water or hero myths.
Working on creation myths:
In Individuals ands Societies we are answering the question: Who are we and where do we come from? This has elements of history, in which they will be constructing a timeline of their lives, and Geography in which they will be investigating maps. At the moment studnets are undertaking source analysis of two portraits of King Henry VIII.