Starter quiz
- What does it mean to build comprehension of a text?
- reread it
- deepen our understanding of it ✓
- sequence the events in it
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- True or false? Anansi uses his trickster ways for good in the story of 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby'.
- True ✓
- False
- What does making an inference from a story mean?
- recounting the story
- retrieving a piece of information
- using clues to draw your own conclusions ✓
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- Which character traits do Anansi and Antelope display towards one another?
- kindness ✓
- loyalty ✓
- dishonesty
- cruelty
- protection ✓
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- What does having rich discussion mean?
- thinking about the meaning of what we have read
- talking to others about the meaning of what we have read ✓
- explaining what happened in the story
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- How does rich discussion about a text improve your comprehension?
- It offers opportunities to clarify and understand things. ✓
- It helps you to sound out the words.
- It offers opportunities to hear other ideas. ✓
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Exit quiz
- What is a theme in a story?
- a big idea, topic or message in a story ✓
- a summary of the story
- the characters in a story
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- Which of the following themes are explored in 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby'?
- celebration
- kindness ✓
- trickery ✓
- magic
- strength ✓
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- Match the vocabulary to the correct definition.
- trickery⇔the practice of deception ✓
- kindness⇔the quality of being friendly, generous and considerate ✓
- strength⇔the quality or state of being strong ✓
- Which of the following statements is most accurate when defining the word 'strength'?
- Strength refers to physical power and ability.
- Strength can refer to how physically or mentally strong a person is. ✓
- Strength refers to mental resilience.
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- True or false? Trickery is always a bad thing.
- True
- False ✓
- Which of the following lessons do we learn about kindness in 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby'?
- You shouldn't be kind to everyone.
- An act of kindness can be returned to you. ✓
- Acts of kindness can forge friendships. ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- A theme is a big idea, topic or message that recurs in a story.
- Anansi folktales explore themes relating to character in order to teach an important moral or lesson.
- 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby' explores themes such as trickery, kindness, strength and loyalty.
- Exploring themes can help us infer greater meaning from a story.
- Anansi and Antelope use their strength in different ways to show one another kindness and protection.
Common misconception
Children may only understand the term 'strength' in relation to physical strength.
Clearly explain the meaning of strength in terms of characters and provide children with examples. Pupils could discuss every day examples of strength of character.
Keywords
Discussion - the process of talking about something to exchange ideas
Theme - a big idea, topic or message that recurs in a story
Strength - the quality of being strong
Trickery - the practice of deception
Kindness - the quality of being friendly, generous and considerate
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