Anansi the Spider Has Arrived in the Library

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Class 3-1 has begun their African unit and have decided to focus their studies on the West African folktales of Anansi the Spider.  After learning some basic facts about Africa, Ms. Sosa and I read some of the more popular retold stories about this little trickster.  In each of the stories they learned that Anansi was a lazy, mean, and greedy character.  Students listened to:
Anansi and the Magic Stick by Eric Kimmel
Ananse and the Lizard by Pat Cummings
Ananse's Feast by Tololwa M. Mollel

They are currently working on group projects that include acrostic poems, 3D Anansi, Anansi and African animals, as well as remake performance of Anansi and the 5 Yams Plant with a class 3-1 twist.  Be on the lookout for some of the final projects soon, in the meantime check out the work in progress below: