To listen and respond to a story
In this lesson, we will listen to the story 'Anansi and Tiger' and think about the characters and main plot points in a plot matrix.
Unit Overview: Anansi and Tiger
Lessons:
10 lessons
To tell a story from memory
In this lesson, we will create a story map and 'step' the story of 'Anansi and Tiger'.
To role-play action clearly in a story
In this lesson, we will use our action writing toolkit to role-play as the different animal characters and explore what happens to them.
To use the conjunction 'and' to join clauses
In this lesson, we will learn how to use the conjunction 'and' to join two sentences or clauses together.
To summarise what we have read
In this lesson, we will practise our reading strategies as well as learning how to summarise the events of the story.
To box up for purpose
In this lesson, we will 'box up' our story of 'Anansi and Tiger', focusing on the action taking place at different points in the story.
To explore how writers create clear action
In this lesson, we will read a section of our 'Anansi and Tiger' story as a writer, thinking of how the action is clearly described, using our writing toolkit, and hone in on the verbs, or 'doing words' that tell us what is happening.
To write clear action (Part 1)
In this lesson, we will use everything we have learned from the action writing toolkit to start writing. We will put sentences in order. Then we will write about the actions Anansi takes against Tiger. Lastly, we will edit our work by swapping, adding and deleting words.
To write clear action (Part 2)
In this lesson, we will use everything we have learned from the action writing toolkit to write about the actions Anansi takes against the Queen Bee. We will practise adding adjectives to sentences and editing sentences.
To write clear action (Part 3)
In this lesson, we will use everything we have learned from the action writing toolkit to write about the actions Anansi takes against Python.
Units in English
- The Magic Paintbrush: mood
- The Magic Paintbrush: created story (mood)
- Recount: diary entry
- Monkeys and Hats: problems
- Monkeys and Hats: recycled story (problems)
- Instructions: How to make a paper crown
- Awongalema: description
- Awongalema: recycled story (description)
- Discussion: Should animals be kept in zoos?
- Honey and Trouble: character
- Honey and Trouble: recycled story (character)
- Persuasion: Buy my honey
- Anansi and Tiger
- Anansi and Tiger: Endings
- Information: All about Tigers
- Jack and the Beanstalk: characters, mood, problems
- Jack and the Beanstalk: created story (characters, mood, problems)
- Explanation: How beans grow
- How Butterflies Came to Be
- How Coyote Brought Fire to the Earth (1)
- How Coyote Brought Fire to the Earth (2)
- Instructions: How to defeat the fire giants
- Baba Yaga: openings
- Baba Yaga: created story (openings)
- Non-chronological report: All about Witches
- The Eagle Who Thought He Was A Chicken: characters and problems
- The Eagle Who Thought He Was A Chicken: recycled story (characters and problems)
- Explanation: How birds fly
- Ganesh Gets Married (1)
- Ganesh Gets Married (2)
- Who was right: Ganesh or Kartikeya?
- Persephone: endings
- Persephone: creation story (endings)
- Recount: news report
- The Bird and the Forest Fire: middles
- The Bird and the Forest Fire: recycled story (middles)
- Persuasion: Why you should never light fires in a dry forest
- The Unlucky Man