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Folktales Around the World

Lesson 16

ELA

Unit 2

1st Grade

Lesson 16 of 23

Lesson Overview

Objective

Explain what the sky means when it says, "perhaps through your own labor you will learn to not waste the gifts of nature" and what we can learn from this statement.

Readings and Materials

Book: Why the Sky is Far Away: A Nigerian Folktale by Mary-Joan Gerson

Lesson Notes

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Lesson Map

Lesson

Explain why the Sky God renames his stories "Spider Stories."

Materials

A Story, a Story

Standards

RL.1.2RL.1.3SL.1.1

Lesson

Describe Anansi by asking and answering questions about character actions and traits.

Materials

Anansi (Melon)

Standards

RL.1.2RL.1.3SL.1.1

Lesson

Describe Anansi by asking and answering questions about character actions and traits.

Materials

Anansi (Rock)

Standards

RL.1.2RL.1.3SL.1.1

Lesson

Describe Anansi by asking and answering questions about character actions and traits.

Materials

Anansi (Magic Stick)

Standards

RL.1.2RL.1.3SL.1.1

Lesson

Describe Anansi and what lesson he learned by asking and answering questions about character actions and traits.

Materials

Anansi (Fishing)

Standards

RL.1.2RL.1.3SL.1.1

Lesson

Discussion & Writing

Defend if Anansi is a good friend.

Materials

A Story, a Story
Anansi (Melon)
Anansi (Rock)
Anansi (Magic Stick)
Anansi (Fishing)

Standards

L.1.2.aL.1.6RL.1.3SL.1.1SL.1.4SL.1.6W.1.1

Lesson

Language

Generate two different sentence types orally and in writing.

Materials

Sentence Cards (G1, U2, L7)

Standards

L.1.1.jL.1.2.b

Lesson

Writing

3 days

Overview

Write a narrative about another trick Anansi plays on his friends by including a problem and a connected solution in the story.

Day 1 - Brainstorming

Brainstorm a folktale with a beginning, middle, and end.

Materials

Mentor Text (G1, U2, L8)
Narrative Writing Brainstorm Graphic Organizer (GK–2)
Narrative Writing Brainstorm Example (G1, U2, L8)
Sample Problems (G1, U2, L8)

Standards

W.1.3W.1.5

Day 2 - Drafting

Draft a folktale with a beginning, middle, and end including a problem and connected solution.

Materials

Narrative Writing Brainstorm Graphic Organizer (GK–2)
Narrative Writing Brainstorm Example (G1, U2, L8)

Standards

L.1.1L.1.6SL.1.1SL.1.6W.1.3

Day 3 - Revision & Editing

Revise a folktale by deleting extra parts of the story that are not connected to the beginning, middle, and end.

Materials

Narrative Writing Brainstorm Graphic Organizer (GK–2)
Sample Text 1 (G1, U2, L8)
Sample Text 2 (G1, U2, L8)

Standards

L.1.1L.1.1.aL.1.1.jL.1.2L.1.2.bSL.1.1SL.1.6W.1.3W.1.5

Lesson

Explain why the lion changes his mind and what lesson the author is trying to teach us by using key details about the character to show understanding of the lesson.

Materials

The Lion and the Mouse

Standards

L.1.1.jL.1.2.bRL.1.2RL.1.3RL.1.7SL.1.1

Lesson

Explain what lesson Coyote learns and how he learns it.

Materials

Borreguita and the Coyote

Standards

L.1.1.jL.1.2.bRL.1.2RL.1.3RL.1.7SL.1.1

Lesson

Describe how the stranger's gift changes the man's life and what lesson the author is trying to teach.

Materials

The Paper Crane

Standards

L.1.1.jL.1.2.bRL.1.2RL.1.3RL.1.7SL.1.1

Lesson

Explain what Mama learns at the end of the story.

Materials

Mama Panya's Pancakes

Standards

L.1.1.jL.1.2.bRL.1.2RL.1.3RL.1.7SL.1.1

Lesson

Language

Generate two different sentence types orally and in writing.

Materials

Command or Exclamation Handout (G1, U2, L13)
Sentence Cards (G1, U2, L13)

Standards

L.1.1.jL.1.2.b

Lesson

Explain what lesson the man learns and how the rabbi helps.

Materials

It Could Always Be Worse

Standards

L.1.1.jL.1.2.bRL.1.2RL.1.3RL.1.7

Lesson

Explain what the king means when he says, "I admire Ping's courage to appear before me with the empty truth."

Materials

The Empty Pot

Standards

L.1.1.jL.1.2.bRL.1.2RL.1.3RL.1.7

Lesson

Explain what the sky means when it says, "perhaps through your own labor you will learn to not waste the gifts of nature" and what we can learn from this statement.

Materials