Curriculum / ELA / 2nd Grade / Alternate Unit 3: Lessons from Anansi the Spider / Lesson 12
ELA
Alternate Unit 3
2nd Grade
Lesson 12 of 19
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Retell “Why Spiders Live in Dark Corners” including the central message or lesson.
Book: The Adventures of Spider: West African Folktales by Joyce Cooper Arkhurst — “Why Spiders Live in Dark Corners”
Teacher-created materials — Props or picture clues for student retells (optional)
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Retell “Why Spiders Live in Dark Corners.” Make sure to include the central message or lesson.
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RL.2.2 — Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
RL.2.5 — Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
RL.2.9 — Compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story (e.g., Cinderella stories) by different authors or from different cultures.
SL.2.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
SL.2.2 — Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
SL.2.4 — Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences.
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
L.2.3.a — Compare formal and informal uses of English.
RL.2.10 — By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry, in the grades 2—3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
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Lesson 13
Explain why people in West Africa tell folktales about Spider by making inferences about key details that support the central message of a story.
RL.2.1 RL.2.2
Describe Spider by describing how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
L.2.6 RL.2.2 RL.2.3
Discussion & Writing
Recount “How Spider Got a Thin Waist” and determine the central message or lesson.
RL.2.2 SL.2.1 SL.2.2 SL.2.4
Retell “Why Spider Lives in Ceilings” and determine the central message or lesson.
RL.2.2 RL.2.5 RL.2.9 SL.2.1 SL.2.2 SL.2.4
Writing
Construct better and more informative sentences by using question words to add more details.
L.2.1.e L.2.1.f
Explain if Spider had been helpful or not by explaining how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
L.2.6 RL.2.2 RL.2.3 RL.2.9
Retell “How Spider Got a Bald Head” and determine the central message or lesson.
Retell “How Spider Helped a Fisherman” and determine the central message or lesson.
Explain what lesson Spider learned and how he learned it by recounting stories and determining their central lesson.
Explain why Spider decided to throw the pot on the ground by describing how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
Retell “How the World Got Wisdom” and determine the central message or lesson.
RL.2.2 RL.2.5 SL.2.1 SL.2.2 SL.2.4
Argue if Spider has more positive or negative traits by defending claims or opinions to content-related questions.
L.2.6 RL.2.3 RL.2.9 SL.2.1 SL.2.2 W.2.1
3 days
Perform a reader’s theater version of Anansi by reading with sufficient accuracy and fluency.
RF.2.3 RF.2.4 RL.2.4 SL.2.4
Narrative Writing – 4 days
Write a trickster tale featuring Spider that includes details about a beginning, middle, and end.
L.2.2.c L.2.6 W.2.3 W.2.5
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