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Cold write: The Legend of King Midas and the Ancient Greek God Dinoysus!

Your activity: Create a plan of what is happening in the Legend. 

What happens at the beginning/ middle/ end? Who are the characters? What do they say? Where is the story take place? Why do you think King Midas wants the power to turn everything to gold? 

 

Next:

Still writing a plan, imagine it is two weeks later and everything King Midas touches is still turning to gold. What do you think will happen next? 

 

Extension:

Imagine you are someone living in King Midas' Kingdom. What is happening from your point of view? What do you think? What do you feel? Do you try and help? 

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