an oral story passed down over time that teaches a moral

a genre in which oral stories are shared and passed down over time

a lesson that can be learnt from a story or experience

Understanding the genre of 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby'

English

Reading the folktale 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby'

Building comprehension of 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby'

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

Drawing conclusions and making comparisons 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby'

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

to pull out the key events and ideas from a text

to draw conclusions from clues within the text

the process of talking about something to exchange ideas

a big idea, topic or message that recurs in a story

the quality of being friendly, generous and considerate

expressing your own opinions, ideas or feelings on what you have read

identifying the similarities and differences between two or more things

Help using Oak

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Primary

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Year 10

Year 11

Secondary

Who we are

Leadership

Board

Partners

Work with us

Contact us

About us

AI experiments

Curriculum

Plan a lesson

Support your team

Blogs

Webinars

Help

Guidance

Art and design

Computing

Cooking and nutrition

Design and technology

Drama

Financial education

Geography

History

Maths

Music

Physical education

Religious education

RSHE (PSHE)

Science

French

Spanish

Expressive arts and design

Literacy

Personal, social and emotional development

Understanding the world

EYFS

Citizenship

German

Latin

Biology

Chemistry

Citizenship (Core)

Citizenship (GCSE)

Combined science

Computing (Core)

Computer Science (GCSE)

Physical education (Core)

Physical education (GCSE)

Physics

Religious education (GCSE)

'Anansi and the Antelope Baby': reading

Choose a lesson (5)