Design and Make Your Own Mythical Creature.
Choose an animal that interests you,
then find a picture. Think about what are the important features of this
animal.
To make your mythical creature, you
can combine a human and an animal or two animals!
What is your creature called?
If you are combining two real animals,
you could take part of the name for each.
For example, a half-Zebra,
half-Giraffe might be called a Ziraffe!
Design a Wanted Poster for your
Creature
WANTED! (+ name of creature).
This _____________ creature is half _____________, half
_____________. It was last seen ______ing (+ prepositional phrase). It has
____________ hair / legs / eyes with ______________________. The ______________
beast moves (+simile / adverbial phrase). People say that it came from _____________________.
If you see this ___________________ then _______________________. For your
picture, you could draw your creature or use collage to combine the different
elements!
Create a myth/legend for your
creature. This can be presented however you would like;
·
Comic strip
·
Picture book
·
Story
·
Poster
·
Role play
·
Puppet show
Think about these questions:
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Is your creature a hero, a
villain, or neither?
·
Where and when is the story
set?
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Who are the other characters?
If your creature is a baddie, then who is your hero going to be? This could
provide you with the title of your myth, like Theseus and the Minotaur.
·
What is the problem that
happens in the story, and how is it resolved? Is there a moral or lesson?
