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Tears of Joy Theatre Presents Anansi the Spider

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Accompany the African folktale, Anansi the Spider, with a collection of five lessons, each equipped with supplemental activities. Lessons offer multidisciplinary reinforcement in English language arts, social studies, science, and arts and humanities. Activities include completing a story and character map, writing a trickster tale, and exploring the world's geography. 

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CCSS: Adaptable
Concepts
african folktales, folktales, literature, responding to literature, responding to reading, reading, character maps, music analysis, west africa, map skills, nouns, verbs, adjectives, comic strips, trickster tales, characters, setting, story events
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Additional Tags
english language arts
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Instructional Ideas
  • Gather additional readings from the list on page 7 for learners to browse when time permits 
  • Assign lesson activities as center rotations
  • Create an Anansi the Spider bulletin board to display pupils' final products 
Classroom Considerations
  • Copies of each practice page are required 
  • The lesson is designed to follow a reading of the African folktale, Anansi the Spider   
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Pros
  • The lesson is clearly organized and easy to follow 
  • Interesting and informative background information about the Anansi tales and theatrical adaptation is provided 
Cons
  • Several of the links listed are broken