10. Urban Legends I

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Today we are going to look at Urban Legends.

  • to find out what an urban legend is
  • to evaluate urban legend texts
  • to prepare for an assessment task by selecting relevant evidence (in order to make informed judgements about the urban legends)

1.

Are the following statements true or false?

SOLUTION

2.

Urban Legends are stories that appear mysteriously… They are spread in various forms.

Urban Legends are commonly believed to be true when they are, in fact, usually false. They often contains elements of humour or horror

For Example:

(a very short Urban Legend…)

3.

Consider the following questions:

4.

5.

Now you are going to examine two Urban Legends…

You are going to read two urban
legends and evaluate (weigh up) which you think is most scary.

Your ideas will be used in a
discussion task!

Urban Legend 1

Urban Legend 2

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6.

Finally, complete the table by writing down your ideas about the two Urban Legends. Make sure that you support what you say with quotes from the text!

You will need this information for a discussion task in another lesson…

SOLUTION

3-urban-legends-tableDownload

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You can access useful information in the Year 7 textbook!

textbook-7-unit-2Download

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