Building comprehension of 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby' through rich discussions

English

In 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby’, children developed their understanding of the features of a traditional tale and inferred meaning from the text. In ’The Sheep Pig’, children will develop their inference skills with a more complex narrative and story structure. They will discuss how the author creates an impression of different characters. 

In 'Mulan’, pupils read and listened to a traditional tale. They developed their understanding of the features of a traditional tale and discussed the theme of a hero. In ’Anansj and the Antelope Baby’, pupils will read a traditional folk tale and will develop their understanding of what a moral is.

In this unit, pupils read and explore the folktale, 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby'. They use retrieval and inference to develop their comprehension of the text. Finally, pupils will explore the key themes and engage in rich discussions.

'Anansi and the Antelope Baby': reading

Which of the following themes are explored in 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby'?

Match the vocabulary to the correct definition.

Strength refers to physical power and ability.

Strength can refer to how physically or mentally strong a person is.

Which of the following statements is most accurate when defining the word 'strength'?

True or false? Trickery is always a bad thing.

An act of kindness can be returned to you.

Which of the following lessons do we learn about kindness in 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby'?

What does it mean to build comprehension of a text?

True or false? Anansi uses his trickster ways for good in the story of 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby'.

What does making an inference from a story mean?

Which character traits do Anansi and Antelope display towards one another?

thinking about the meaning of what we have read

talking to others about the meaning of what we have read

It offers opportunities to clarify and understand things.

It offers opportunities to hear other ideas.

How does rich discussion about a text improve your comprehension?

Introduction

What will you need for this lesson?

Are you ready to learn?

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