Unicorns, sphinxes, mermaids, dragons, and griffins are all creatures coming from human imagination. They appear in art everywhere and at all times. Many of these imaginary or mythical creatures come from mythological stories, fairy tales and legends. Play a word game to learn the names of some mythical creatures.
What are the characteristics of imaginary creatures? Click on the picture to find out.
Look at some useful vocabulary
(credits: https://atheo.gr/yliko/ag/st/st3/index.html )
To revise vocabulary from lesson 1 and adjectives in the correct category (credits: Fani Iatropoulou).
Use the monsters presentation to describe and compare some imaginary creatures. To revise comparative and superlative click on the picture below
Make your own imaginary creature. Then download the picture, bring it to class and describe your weird creature. This is the one I have created! Cute, isn’t it?
Or go to Firefly , describe your imaginary creature, click on Generate and with the help of AI you will get different images of it. Choose the one you like. Then you can download it and post it on the padlet above or print it and pin it on the classroom noticeboard.
For comparisons we can sort the adjectives and then do the online quiz below.
How about writing your own sentences comparing these imaginary creatures? Click on the picture below.
Who was Nessie – the Loch Ness monster? Watch this video about characters and people from British history to find out!
Go to https://storybird.com to read some interesting fantasy stories.
One of the pupils used her imagination and very simple materials to make her own imaginary creature.
