1. Writing your own mini saga

2. I can describe the main features of a topic in a mini saga.
Learning objective – to revise a chosen area of the AS British History course by writing a mini saga.
I can describe the main features of a topic in a mini saga.
Grade D
I can explain the meaning of other people’s mini sagas identifying its main points.
Grade B
I can explain and analyse the meaning of at least three mini sagas.
Grade A/A*

3. What is a mini saga?
A mini saga is a very, very short story that has exactly 50 words in it. This is excluding the title which can have up to 15 words in it. A mini saga has the same construction as a story in that it has a beginning, a middle and an end. The mini saga must tell a complete story and they must be cryptic and must be obvious.

4. What do you think this mini saga is about?
The man in black
The man in black wanted them closed. He wanted money for his master and power for himself. Some saw him as avaricious, others saw him as a peasant. One by one these centres of the community closed. The one eyed man tried to stop him but ended up in chains.

5. Thomas Cromwell and the dissolution of the monasteries

6. What questions do you need to ask a mini saga to find out what it means?
The man in black wanted them closed. He wanted money for his master and power for himself. Some saw him as avaricious, others saw him as a peasant. One by one these centres of the community closed. The one eyed man tried to stop him but ended up in chains.
Who is involved?
What might the story refer to? An event, a person, a topic or theme.
Evaluate what else could be included. Was there anything left out?

7. Can you write your own mini saga?
Choose any topic you want to revise. Write your own mini saga that tells the story of the topic, event or person. Remember the mini saga must tell the whole story and be exactly 50 words. You have 15 minutes to create your own mini saga.

8. Can you decipher someone else’s mini saga?
Read at least 3 mini sagas produced by other members of the class. Can you decipher what they mean?
Remember to ask the three key questions -
Who is involved?
What might the story refer to? An event, a person, a topic or theme.
Evaluate what else could be included. Was there anything left out?