Understanding the genre of 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby'

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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

What type of story is 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby'?

a genre in which stories are written down the first time they are told

a genre in which stories are turned into rhymes

What do stories within the genre of folklore normally have in common?

Order the following to show the structure of a narrative story.

Before written stories, how were stories told?

Starter Quiz

What is a genre of text?