TALK Homework - 18th June 2012

This week we are looking at another traditional story from Greece called King Midas and his Golden Touch. Read the story together and discuss the following:

·       What did King Midas wish for?  Why?

·       If you had one wish what would it be?

·       How did King Midas’s wish turn against him?

· What do you think King Midas has learned from this whole experience?

·    What are the positive and negative points of being able to turn things into gold?

·   Key words used during the story: King Midas, God Dionysus, satyr, Silenus, hospitality, River Pactolus, Greece, foolish, greedy etc

·      Can you think of a time when you have been selfish or greedy?

On Friday we will pretend we are King Midas and will be writing a letter to the god Dionysus thanking him for the wish but apologising for being greedy and selfish and telling him what we have learned from the whole experience.

Enjoy reading and discussing the story.