The City of Rainbows

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Earliest Civilisations: Ancient Sumer Literature

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Objectives

History

Know and understand significant aspects of the history of the wider world: the nature of ancient civilisations.
Characteristic features of past non-European societies.

English

Increase their familiarity with a wide range of books, including myths from other cultures.
Identify themes and conventions in a range of writing.
Identify how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning.
Select the appropriate form and use other similar writing as models for their own.
Note and develop initial ideas.
Describe settings, characters and atmosphere and integrate dialogue to convey character and advance the action.
Assess the effectiveness of their own and others’ writing.
Proof-read for spelling and punctuation errors.
Perform others’ compositions.

Lesson Planning

Explore the Ancient Sumerian myth 'The City of Rainbows', recognise what a myth entails then write their own mythical story.

Teaching Outcomes:

To listen to and understand another Ancient Sumerian myth.
To identify features of myths and write their own based on Ancient Sumer.

Children will:

Listen to an adult reading a myth and make notes.
Recognise and list the features of a myth.
Write their own myth set in Ancient Sumer.
Evaluate another child’s myth.
Edit and redraft their myth.

Planning

Provided Resources

City of Rainbows Summary
How to plan a myth

Unit Resources

You Will Need

The City of Rainbows retold by Karen Foster, University of Pennsylvania Museum

Weblinks

There are no weblinks needed for this session.