Drawing conclusions and making comparisons 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby'
I can identify a moral from ‘Anansi and the Antelope Baby’ and develop a personal response.
Drawing conclusions and making comparisons 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby'
I can identify a moral from ‘Anansi and the Antelope Baby’ and develop a personal response.
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Key learning points
- A moral is a lesson that can be learnt from a story or experience.
- Exploring character traits and themes within a folktale can help us infer a moral from the story.
- Readers may have different interpretations of a text, its meaning or the moral drawn from it.
- Personal responses to a story may vary as a result of an individual's own life experiences.
- Making comparisons between a story and our life experiences can help us reflect on our own character and actions.
Keywords
Moral - a lesson that can be learnt from a story or experience
Personal response - expressing your own opinions, ideas or feelings on what you have read
Comparisons - identifying the similarities and differences between two or more things
Common misconception
Children may find it hard to infer or justify an appropriate moral for the tale.
Model linking examples back to the story to ensure it is an appropriate inference. E.g. I think the moral of the story is that good deeds are returned because after Antelope did a good deed for Anansi, Anansi returned the favour.
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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.
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