'The boy who flew too close to the sun'

Over the past few weeks, Class 3 have been learning all about Greek mythology. In particular, we have been focussing on the Greek myth 'Daedalus and Icarus - the boy who flew too close to the sun'. 

First, we created a story board by annotating our freeze frames. We then used a planning sheet to box up the story into twelve key parts. By using our inference skills we were able to brainstorm lots of ideas and adjectives for each of our characters. We also ensured to include fronted adverbials, adjectives (the power of 3), direct speech and similes. Once we had completed our planning, we spend time editing and improving; checking spelling, using thesauruses to ensure ambitious vocabulary and reading each other’s.

This week we were ready to write our final versions of the myth. We are very proud of our work; please take a look at some examples below.