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Year 3

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.

New
New
Year 3

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.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. A moral is a lesson that can be learnt from a story or experience.
  2. Exploring character traits and themes within a folktale can help us infer a moral from the story.
  3. Readers may have different interpretations of a text, its meaning or the moral drawn from it.
  4. Personal responses to a story may vary as a result of an individual's own life experiences.
  5. Making comparisons between a story and our life experiences can help us reflect on our own character and actions.

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.

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

Revisit a broader range of themes linked to the folktale in order to widen the scope of personal responses. Discuss the moral in relation to other stories they know and identify any similarities.
Teacher tip

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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6 Questions

Q1.
What is a moral?
a piece of interesting information from a story
Correct answer: a lesson that can be learnt from a story
a summary of a story
Q2.
How does Anansi use his trickery in the story of 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby'?
Correct answer: for good
for evil
for fun
Q3.
Why does Anansi go out of his way to protect Baby Antelope?
because he feels sorry for her
Correct answer: because he wants to repay the kindness Antelope showed him
because the other animals says he has to
Q4.
How does Antelope's strength help Anansi?
She uses her mind to stop the fire.
She uses her breath to extinguish the fire.
Correct answer: She uses her physical strength to carry Anansi to safety.
Q5.
How does Anansi's strength help Antelope?
He uses his physical strength to attack the hunters.
Correct answer: He uses his mental strength to trick the hunters.
He makes a wish that the hunters will go away.
Q6.
True or False? Anansi and Antelope use their different strengths to show kindness and protection to one another.
Correct Answer: True, true

6 Questions

Q1.
True or false? There is only one moral that can be interpreted in a story.
Correct Answer: False, false
Q2.
Which of the following elements help us to identify a moral in a story?
the character's names
the setting
Correct answer: themes that recur
Correct answer: character's actions
Q3.
What is a 'perspective'?
the truth
Correct answer: a personal point of view or opinion
a guess
Q4.
True or false? Readers will always understand a text in the same way.
Correct Answer: False, false
Q5.
What does it mean to make comparisons?
to identify a character's traits
Correct answer: to identify similarities and differences between two or more things
to identify the moral
Q6.
How does making a comparison between a story with a moral and your own life benefit you?
It is a fun activity.
It tells me everything I should do.
Correct answer: It helps you reflect on admirable traits you have and anything you'd change.