Robin Hood - Myths and Legends - teaching resource

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Robin Hood – Myths and Legends | KS2 English Teaching Resource

Includes: 74-slide editable PowerPoint & 25-page worksheet booklet

Bring the legend of Robin Hood to life in your classroom with this engaging English unit. Focused on myths and legends, this resource explores storytelling, characterisation, and non-linear narrative structure through a wide range of reading, writing, and drama activities.

The unit is structured in four parts, each offering opportunities for oral or written outcomes and assessment. Pupils may retell the legend for tourists visiting a medieval castle, or produce their own version of the story for a castle guidebook. The resource also encourages the inclusion of local legends (e.g. the Pendle witches) to support independent reading for pleasure.

Activities include:

Reading and analysing traditional legends and short stories
Character analysis and the invention of original ‘back-stories’
Identifying features and structure of the legends genre
Analysing The Silver Arrow and exploring how time is manipulated
Planning and writing stories using flashbacks and non-linear structure
Using language and sentence structure to capture the style of traditional legends
Creating and displaying collections of myths and legends
Guided reading and drama activities to deepen understanding
Planning and writing an extended story using paragraphing and narrative techniques

Curriculum Links:

History: Castles, Normans, Anglo-Saxons, Knights
Geography: Mapping and forestry
Science: Trees, seed dispersal, adaptation
DT: Longbows, drawbridges, willow weaving

Fully editable and easy to tailor, this versatile resource supports cross-curricular teaching and creative writing development.

Preview the full resource by clicking on the sample slides above.

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