This article describes a selection of mythical creatures and monsters from around the world, and discusses the possible origins of such creatures and some of the reasons for their universal appeal.

This pack contains wide range of response activities including:

• A guided reading plan exploring key literacy elements including inference and deduction, language use, making connection and text organisation, along with key questioning to promote emotional intelligence, metacognition and compassionate inquiry. 
• An independent learning contract complete with explainer videos for activity clarity
  
• A wide range of response activities to support developing and embedding key literacy skills including sentence and word work, spelling, and cloze activities. 

Themes explored include: Afinemata, bunyip, chinthe, creature, culture, dragon, fear, Gāhehelevao, kāhui tipua, kraken, monster, oni, sphinx, story, storytelling, tale, traditional story, Kāhui Tipua (Aotearoa), Afinemata/Gāhehelevao (Tokelau), kraken (Norway), oni (Japan), sphinx (Ancient Greece and North Africa), dragons (Asia and Europe), chinthe (Myanmar/Cambodia/Laos), and the bunyip (Australia)