
Anansi
Stephanie Paris(Author)
Teacher Created Materials, Inc (Publisher)
Published on 20. November 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
24 pages
978-1-4333-1148-2 (ISBN)
Description
Act out the story of Anansi, a clever spider who completed a series of difficult tasks to win the Box of Stories, ensuring that everyone had the right to make and tell stories. Two spiders, a sky god, a fair, and a leopard are all a part of this story in the African jungle. This exciting tale of West African folklore teaches children about the cross-cultural need for storytelling. The roles in this script are written at different reading levels. This feature allows teachers to easily implement differentiation and English language learner strategies into instruction and assign specific roles to students in a way that accommodates individual reading skills. By using differentiation strategies, teachers can get all students involved and engaged in the same activity, whether they are struggling or proficient readers. Everyone can feel successful and can enjoy improving their fluency through performance! While performing this story with others, students can also practice interacting cooperatively and using expressive voices and gestures. With an accompanying poem and song for additional fluency practice, this script is a dynamic resource for your third and fourth graders. This colorful, leveled script is sure to get all students participating and confidently practicing fluency in a unique way.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Westminster
United States
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
US School Grade: From Second Grade to Fourth Grade, Interest Age: From 6 to 12 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
full-color
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 4 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
80 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4333-1148-2 (9781433311482)
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Person
Stephanie Herweck Paris has been in education for over 15 years. She has indulged her passion for education by spending time as an elementary classroom teacher, an elementary school computer and technology specialist, an educational activist, and an author of numerous resources for Shell Education and Teacher Created Materials.