Building comprehension of 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby'
I can answer a range of comprehension questions on 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby'.
Building comprehension of 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby'
I can answer a range of comprehension questions on 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby'.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby' tells the story of how Anansi and Antelope help and protect one another.
- Anansi demonstrates admirable character traits such as kindness, loyalty and integrity towards Antelope.
- We use a range of strategies to build comprehension of a text.
- Skimming and scanning can help us to retrieve key information.
- We can use inference to draw conclusions about the text by searching for clues.
Common misconception
Children may find it hard to retrieve an answer if it is not in the sentence that the keyword is in.
Model checking the sentence before and after. E.g. For Task B 1. b), the answer to the question is in the sentences that follows the one with the keywords.
Keywords
Comprehension - our understanding of the text
Retrieve - to find information within the text
Inference - to draw conclusions from clues within the text
Discussion - the process of talking about something to exchange ideas
Equipment
You need a copy of the ‘Anansi and the Antelope Baby’ from 2016 Oxford University Press edition of ‘Mischief Makers’ retold by Tony Bradman for this lesson.
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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