Theseus

Activities based on two stories about Theseus:
Theseus' Challenge and Theseus and the Minotaur, from Shirley Austin

Year 3 support materials for Myths and Legends. These materials have been made for pupils who may be working on text level work in class which is far in advance of their word and sentence level work. So although the text level may be from KS2 there is still a chance to develop some of the foundation work from KS1.

NLS Reference Y3 term 2

Downloads
What's in each pack
How to use the packs

Downloads

Pack Name	Price	Size
Theseus and the Minotaur book to print	FREE	380K
Theseus' Challenge book to print	FREE	602K
Worksheets	FREE	330K
Environments	FREE	400K
Information on using the resources	FREE	90K

Download the worksheets and environments for Writing with Symbols 2000 V2.6 including any additional graphics so that you can tailor the materials to suit your group and make your own materials.
You need 'Writing with Symbols 2000 v2.6' installed to be able to use this resource

Download the packs as PDF Files. These do not require symbol software, but you will not be able to edit the activities.
You do not need any Widgit software to be able to use this resource

Stories to Print

The PDF versions of the two stories of Theseus and the Minotaur give the reading material which forms the basis of the worksheets and activities.

The story to view online

There is also a version of the story that can be read online at www.symbolworld.org

Theseus and the Minotaur

Theseus' Challenge

The activities include:

Stories to cut into sentence strips for sequencing
Questions and answer sheets
Picture/word matching cards
Sentence halves to match to complete the sentences
The Minotaur character map
Mindmaps for both characters
Alphabetical order activity on vocabulary used in the pack

6 of these activities are also available as on-screen environments.

Information

Important Notice

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You may not under any circumstances distribute these to any third parties, they are for your own use. Distribution of materials is illegal.

Using the materials in Writing with Symbols 2000

The worksheets and environments are installed into your WWS2000Work folder. Together with wordlists and additional graphics.

The worksheet files are installed into the Activities folder inside writing.

The environments are installed into the Activities folder inside your Wizard environments.

As well as using the materials as supplied, they can be modified or adapted for individual needs. The extra vocabulary for the wordlist and the extra graphics are provided with the pack and automatically added to WIDRESOURCES (Widgit graphic resources). This enables you to also create your own materials to meet individual needs.

Printing the PDF Files

The PDF version of this pack cannot be configured for individual use, but do not require specific symbol software.

These files can be printed directly from Acrobat Reader. You do not need any of the Widgit Products to access these files, but you will need to have Adobe Acrobat installed.

How these resources fit together

Theseus : Read the story in different formats
Theseus' Challenge and Theseus and the Minotaur	Stories on Symbolworld	Read on Web
Theseus' Challenge andTheseus and the Minotaur	PDF files to print	Print paper book A4 To use as reference for answering the activities
Theseus' Challenge story	WWS file to read on screen	Cut up and make into book, child to illustrate Cut into paragraphs, child to order them to retell story Act out the story Draw pictures to tell the story
Minotaur story	WWS file to read on screen

Activities based on the story
Questions on Theseus and Answers on Theseus	WWS grids to print	Cut up the grids to make cards for a question and answer game in a group
Theseus Challenge sentence halves	WWS grid to print	Piece together the sentences and paste into workbook
THC - Sentences	WWS environment	Put sentence halves together to make sense
Theseus picture words	WWS file to print	Match pictures to the words. Harder vocabulary
THC - Story	WWS environment	Questions form the story
THC - Character	WWS environment	Describe Theseus' character
Minotaur character1	WWS file to print	A grid with the Minotaur in the middle surrounded by 8 characteristics. Choose the appropriate ones
THM - Character	WWS environment	Characteristics of the Minotaur
THM - describe	WWS environment	Describe the Minotaur
THM - Questions	WWS environment	Questions about the Minotaur story
Alpha order Theseus	WWS file to print	Put words from the texts in alphabetical order
Mindmap Minotaur blank1	WWS file to print	A single sheet with the Monotaur in the centre. Write in words that describe the Minotaur. Copy from the book
MindmapTheseus blank1	WWS file to print	Similar to above