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Myths and Legends
Downloadable worksheets:
ROBIN HOOD - Myths & Legends series #1
Level:
intermediate
Age:
12-17
Downloads:
542
NESSIE - Myths & Legends series #3
Level:
intermediate
Age:
12-17
Downloads:
367
POCAHONTAS - Myths & Legends series # 4
Level:
intermediate
Age:
12-17
Downloads:
329
LEGENDS FROM AROUND THE WORLD SERIES (1e)
Level:
elementary
Age:
8-17
Downloads:
282
JOHNNY APPLESEED - Myths & Legends series #2
Level:
intermediate
Age:
12-17
Downloads:
236
Urban Legends
Level:
advanced
Age:
14-17
Downloads:
132
Myths and Legends Features
a)
U
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
