Thinking Guide and Activities - Narrative Title of the Selection: Anansi Goes Fishing by Eric Kimmel Genre: Fiction Narrative / Plot The Narrative / Thinking Guide is provided. The Narrative / Thinking Guide identifies the story elements in a narrative with a problem/solution plot: main character, goal, problem, solution and outcome. It helps teach the GLOBAL meaning of the text. In addition, the story elements are used to develop a meaningful summary. «Narrative / Thinking Guide «Color-Coded Narrative / Thinking Guide and Summary The / Thinking Guide is used to develop other fun and interactive activities. Fisher Reyna Education offers the following activities and test items: «Missing Summary-Part Activity «Matching Activity 1 «Matching Activity 2 «Matching Activity 3 «Thinking Guide Cloze 1st Letter Activity «Thinking Guide Cloze Blank Activity «Write Summary Elements Activity «Vocabulary Using Context Clues!s for Success! Reading
/ Thinking Guide Fiction, Poetry or Drama Title of the Selection Anansi Goes Fishing by Eric Kimmel Genre: Narrative / Plot MEONE to learn to fish His friend Turtle offers to teach him how to fish. Turtle eats the fish Anansi catches and must go to the Justice tree for help. s for Success Reading
Color-Coded / Thinking Guide Fiction, Poetry or Drama Title of the Selection Anansi Goes Fishing by Eric Kimmel Genre: Narrative / Plot MEONE to learn to fish His friend Turtle offers to teach him how to fish Turtle eats the fish Anansi catches and must go to the Justice tree for help, wanted to learn to fish, but he does not know how to fish. So, his friend turtle offers to teach him how to fish. Then, Turtle eats the fish Anansi catches and must go to the Justice tree for help. s for Success Reading
Missing Part Activity Anansi Goes Fishing by Eric Kimmel Choose one of the following Thinking Guides, and instruct students to write the missing summary element as they read the selection. MEONE to learn to fish His friend turtle offers to teach him how to fish Turtle eats the fish Anansi catches and must go to the Justice tree for help MEONE His friend turtle offers to teach him how to fish Turtle eats the fish Anansi catches and must go to the Justice tree for help. s for Success Reading
MEONE Wanted to learn to fish His friend turtle offers to teach him how to fish Turtle eats the fish Anansi catches and must go to the Justice tree for help. MEONE Wanted to learn to fish Turtle eats the fish Anansi catches and must go to the Justice tree for help. s for Success Reading
MEONE Wanted to learn to fish His friend turtle offers to teach him how to fish MEONE Wanted to learn to fish Turtle eats the fish Anansi catches and must go to the Justice tree for help. s for Success Reading
Matching Activity 1 Anansi Goes Fishing by Eric Kimmel Identify the summary part by writing the first letter of the summary element in the blank. MC for G for P for S for O for to learn to fish His friend turtle offers to teach him how to fish Turtle eats the fish Anansi catches and must go to the Justice tree for help, s for Success Reading
Matching Activity 2 Cut apart and place the summary parts by the correct summary element in the / Thinking Guide. to learn to fish His friend Turtle offers to teach him how to fish Turtle eats the fish Anansi catches and must go to the Justice tree for help, MEONE Matching Activity 3 (Next page) Cut apart and match parts of the summary to summary elements. s for Success Reading
Someone to learn to fish Wanted But His friend Turtle offers to teach him how to fish. So Turtle eats the fish Anansi catches and must go to the Justice tree for help. Then
/ Thinking Guide Cloze 1 st Letter Activity Title of the Selection Anansi Goes Fishing by Eric Kimmel Genre: Narrative / Plot As selection is read, complete the words in the blanks with the first letter given. MEONE Anansi the s to learn how to f He did not k how to fish His friend T offers to teach him how to fish Turtle eats the fish A catches and must go to the Justice tree for h. s for Success Reading
/ Thinking Guide Cloze Blank Activity Title of the Selection Anansi Goes Fishing by Eric Kimmel Genre: Narrative / Plot As selection is read, fill in the blank. MEONE Anansi the to learn how to He did not how to fish His friend offers to teach him how to fish Turtle eats the fish catches and must go to the Justice tree for. s for Success Reading
/ Thinking Guide Write Summary Elements Activity Title of the Selection Anansi Goes Fishing by Eric Kimmel Genre: Narrative / Plot Students take notes that include main character, goal, problem, solution, and outcome. Implied summary elements increase the level of difficulty with this activity. MEONE s for Success Reading
Anansi Goes Fishing by Eric Kimmel Vocabulary Using Context Clues Note: This vocabulary activity should be used after students have read the selection. : Display a vocabulary list. Select words that may be difficult to most students in our class to define. Ask the students to define the words they recognize. Then reread the selection as the students listen for these words. After hearing one of the listed words in context, ask students to give its definition orally. The words are listed in the order in which they appear in the article. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. s for Success Reading