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Myths and Legends
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Myths and legends
Level:
intermediate
Age:
13-15
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132
Theseus and the Minotaur
Level:
elementary
Age:
10-17
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Myths and legends - Coqui and the goddess, the christ chapel San Juan
Level:
intermediate
Age:
10-17
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13
THE CHILDREN OF LIR - AN IRISH LEGEND
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intermediate
Age:
13-100
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95
Saint Nicholas - comprehension and past simple
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intermediate
Age:
7-100
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82
Myths and Legends
Level:
elementary
Age:
10-17
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54
Myths and Legends Features
a)
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se your knowledge to fill in the spaces.
Explain Universe World
Bang Explain Scientific Supernatural Myths universe
Myths are stories which try to
things which are beyond
knowledge. Things that happen in the world, which may be
, can be explained by
..
Creation Myths are stories which try to
the beginning of the
or
. Science would say that the Big
created the universe but we do not know what was before that so creation myths tell us.
The tale of King Arthur is a
Find the words related to the target topic.
b) Choose the correct answer.
1.
What is the passing of songs,
stories, and poems to new generations by word of mouth?
Oral tradition
Legend
Genre
Folk songs
2
.
What was based on truth in real people or events of the past, then exaggerated, then passed down by word of mouth?
Folk tale
Myth
Legend
Tall tale
3.
You are reading the story that tells how the Inuit people, who live in far northern regions of the earth, came to have daylight. A character named Crow brought light to them from the South. Crow brought the light in the form of a ball of string so they could live without darkness for half of the year. What type of story are your reading?
Legend
Myth
Folk tale
Tall tale
