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December 2, 2013
We have started to read this in literacy, and since I am doing a good few lessons based on the story, I thought I'd review it seeing as I did enjoy it.
We are studying the Caribbean version, retold by Malorie Blackman, however, I couldn't find it on this website.
The story itself centers around Anansi, a lazy and cunning spider who lives with his wife. During the story, Anansi is increasingly forced to stop sleeping all day and to go to work and harvest groundnuts by his wife. Anansi seems to get more and more fed up with his wife, until one day, he comes up with a very cunning plan to trick his wife. Anansi tells his wife to salt and roast some groundnuts for him, and he will go off to work and plant the nuts ready for the harvest. However, when Anansi finally gets out of bed, he sneaks off to a tree and eats all of the nuts which his wife handed to him, and then sleeps all day.
One day, Anansi's wife decides to accompany Anansi to work so that she can help harvest the crops. Anansi is very panicked at this because he hasn't planted any nuts, so he quickly decides to steal the groundnuts which the other farmers have planted.
One of the chief's people notices that all of the groundnuts are stating to go missing, and he builds a rubber man using sap from a tree. That night, when Anansi goes to steal some more groundnuts, he is startled by the rubber man in the dark. He demands to know who goes there, and when the rubber man does not respond, Anansi jumps onto the rubber man, and ends up getting stuck!
The next day, all of the town, including Anansi's wife all come out to see who the town's thief is, and what a liar Anansi has been.
This story is used by a year 5 class, in a mid-level literacy set, and I find it to be a very useful resource within the classroom. I would recommend it to be used between the ages of 6-11 as there are a variety of uses for the story, for example, we are currently using the story for; reading with expression, to help assist with using the correct punctuation, irregular and regular verbs, and reading aloud with confidence.
We are studying the Caribbean version, retold by Malorie Blackman, however, I couldn't find it on this website.
The story itself centers around Anansi, a lazy and cunning spider who lives with his wife. During the story, Anansi is increasingly forced to stop sleeping all day and to go to work and harvest groundnuts by his wife. Anansi seems to get more and more fed up with his wife, until one day, he comes up with a very cunning plan to trick his wife. Anansi tells his wife to salt and roast some groundnuts for him, and he will go off to work and plant the nuts ready for the harvest. However, when Anansi finally gets out of bed, he sneaks off to a tree and eats all of the nuts which his wife handed to him, and then sleeps all day.
One day, Anansi's wife decides to accompany Anansi to work so that she can help harvest the crops. Anansi is very panicked at this because he hasn't planted any nuts, so he quickly decides to steal the groundnuts which the other farmers have planted.
One of the chief's people notices that all of the groundnuts are stating to go missing, and he builds a rubber man using sap from a tree. That night, when Anansi goes to steal some more groundnuts, he is startled by the rubber man in the dark. He demands to know who goes there, and when the rubber man does not respond, Anansi jumps onto the rubber man, and ends up getting stuck!
The next day, all of the town, including Anansi's wife all come out to see who the town's thief is, and what a liar Anansi has been.
This story is used by a year 5 class, in a mid-level literacy set, and I find it to be a very useful resource within the classroom. I would recommend it to be used between the ages of 6-11 as there are a variety of uses for the story, for example, we are currently using the story for; reading with expression, to help assist with using the correct punctuation, irregular and regular verbs, and reading aloud with confidence.
May 29, 2014
Anansi is a lazy spider who, unbeknownst to his wife, sleeps under a tree while the rest of the village works to plant ground nuts. He is delighted with his plot, until he realises that the harvest that his wife expects will not materialise. There follows an elaborate rouse which culminates in the spider getting his comeuppance.
Anansi, the mischievous spider of West African and Caribbean folklore, is perfect fodder for a class character study. The lively language and plot make it an ideal class reader. I taught this to a year five class and used it as the basis for lessons around writing a diary entry, building compound sentences and using adjectives.
Anansi, the mischievous spider of West African and Caribbean folklore, is perfect fodder for a class character study. The lively language and plot make it an ideal class reader. I taught this to a year five class and used it as the basis for lessons around writing a diary entry, building compound sentences and using adjectives.
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