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sronres tsevss 99 axn 25 stories ke different dark ng black ia tulip,or vase lbs.recordtheir :olen,and what ted anansi the spider anansi the spider is weil known to the people of the west indies there are many funny stories about him because he is such a clever spider full of tricks these are cailed anansi stories and this is how they got their name once upon a time long long ago all things were named after the tiger for he was the strongest of the animals and king of the forest rneìity whose flowers bore red stripes was called riger-lily the moth witÀ striped wings was called riger-moth and the stories which animals told in the forest were called tiger stories of all the animals in the forest anansi the spider was the weakest nothing was named after him no one was interested in his stories so one day anansii said to tiger please tiger because i am weakest everyone laughs at me your stories would you let them be called anansi stories tiger thought for a while arl right he said ,you can have my stories but on one condition you must bring me mr snake alive the animals of the forest laughed how could anansi catch the great poisonous snake,who ate all who came near him the first thing anansi tried was to dig a large slippery hole at the bottom he put snake s favourite food an avocado-p ur snake glided down the path saw the hore and his favourite àod carefuiry he wrapped his tail round a tree lowered his body down the hole and ate the avocado pear then he puiled himserf out and went on his way next anansi made a noose covered it with reaves and praced two young bananas inside it soon snake was gliding slowly towards it snake lay on the noose and began eating the bananas anansi puiled hard the noose tightened but snakeslid through lf you do that again said snake l will eat you but i only wanted to measure you said anansi ,l bet with riger that you were the longest thing in the jungle even longer than that bamboo tree

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100 of sronrss thrnrrnc ror course i am said snake l am much much longer than that could i measure you asked anansi l will cut the bamboo you lie down beside it and we will see how long you are snake agreed to this strange request so anansi cut the bamboo and snake stretched out beside it i will tie you at one end to help you stretch said the spider anansi tied snake s tail now stretch said anansi the snake did so and as his head reached the end of the pole anansi tied it as hard as he could l ve got your measure he laughed and he had snake wriggled and writhed but could not get free snake was tied fast at both ends of the bamboo and anansi took him to show tiger there you are tiger said anansi can the stories of the forest be named after me l always keep my promises said riger from now on the stories can be yours and this can be called the first anansi storv folktale from the westindies thínking about the story key question what does the story mean i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 i t0 what or who was anansi what did the story say was named after the tiger why did the other animals laugh at anansi why did anansi want stories named after him what problem did tiger set anansi in what ways did anansi try to solve the problem set by tiger why did snake agree to be tied to the bamboo pole when the story says anansi got the measure of snake,what did it mean why did riger let anansi have the stories named after him in what other ways might the story have ended

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101 sronrss tuerrans nno that roo you lie lreedto this retched out ler nakedid so hard as he ke wriggled oth ends of e forest be storiescan vestindies thinhíng about stories key question what is a story i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 i l0 stories often begin once upon a time what does that mean do all stories have a beginning a middle an end could a story have no beginning only a middle and end could a story have no end or more than one ending are some stories true and some make-believe how can you tell if a story is true or make believe are some stories good and some not good what makes a good story are all stories made up by someone does everything have a story e.g your desk home family can a story have a story actiaitíes further o story-telling in pairs or groups each child chooses a story to tell their partner or group r story chains one child begins a story and stops where they like for the next child to continue the story continues around group or circle with each child taking a turn how many kinds of story are there list as many kinds as you can e.g fairy tales detective stories put your list of kinds of story in order of preference find a story with a good beginning and a story with a good ending share these with your group and discuss what makes a good beginning and end to a story news stories cut out some headlines from different newspapers each child is given or chooses a headline writes and illustrates a news story based on the headline y tiger whatdid him .

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102 srontesporthtnrlnc 26 time rip van winkle many years ago there lived a man called rip van winkle there was nothing he enjoyed more than settling down in a corner and having a good sleep his poor wife had to do all the work for him cleaning the house and caring for his children despite his faults rip was a kind man always ready to help anyone who was in trouble he was a great friend to children and would always mend any broken toys for them but rip s wife could not see his good side she was always scolding him for being so lazy but it didn t do any good whenever his wife began to grumble rip would call his dog and go for a walk in the woods one day rip and his dog went for a long walk up a high mountain rip had never been this way before it was a warm day so he lay down rip under an old tree to rest suddenly he heard a voice calling him rip come and help me rip looked down the mountainsideand saw a little old man with a long beard the little man was staggering along rip rip come and help me with a barrel on his back again he called oh dear thought rip what should i do rip went down to help the little man and lifted the barrel onto his own follow me said the man and he led the way up to the shoulders mountain top once there rip saw twenty more little men they were bowling great wooden balls at a line of skittles making a noise like rumbling thunder rip put the barrel down and soon the little men were emptying it into huge mugs the men drank in silence then went back to playing skittles rip was feeling rather thirsty himself so he picked up one of the men s mugs and tried a taste it was rather good so he kept on drinking until he had emptied several mugs soon his eyes began to feel heavy he tried to keep awake but he sank slowly to the ground and into a deep sleep when he woke rip found himself back under the old tree the day was bright and he rubbed his eyes sleepily oh dear he thought l should never have touched that strong drink i must have slept all night what on earth am i going to tell my wife he

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102 porthir rtnc srortes 26 time rip van winkle many years ago there lived a man called rip van winkle there was nothing he enjoyed more than settling down in a corner and having a good sleep his poor wife had to do all the work for him cleaning the house and caring for his children despite his faults rip was a kind man always ready to help anyone who was in trouble he was a great friend to children and would always mend any broken toys for them but rip s wife could not see his good side she was always scolding him for being so lazy but it didn t do any good whenever his wife began to grumble rip would call his dog and go for a walk in the woods one day rip and his dog went for a long walk up a high mountain rip had never been this way before it was a warm day so he lay down rip under an old tree to rest suddenly he heard a voice calling him rip come and help me rip looked down the mountainsideand saw a little old man with a long beard the little man was staggering along rip rip come and help me with a barrel on his back again he called oh dear thought rip what should i do rip went down to help the little man and lifted the barrel onto his own follow me said the man and he led the way up to the shoulders mountain top once there rip saw twenty more little men they were bowling great wooden balls at a line of skittles making a noise like rumbling thunder rip put the barrel down and soon the little men were emptying it into huge mugs the men drank in silence then went back to playing skittles rip was feeling rather thirsty himself so he picked up one of the men s mugs and tried a taste it was rather good so he kept on drinking until he had emptied several mugs soon his eyes began to feel heavy he tried to keep awake but he sank slowly to the ground and into a deep sleep when he woke rip found himself back under the old tree the day was bright and he rubbed his eyes sleepily oh dear he thought l should never have touched that strong drink i must have slept all night what on earth am i going to tell my wife he

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srorrss ,qno then4es103 van winkle there was n a corner and having a rrk for him cleaningthe radyto help anyone who dren and would always could not see his good lazy,but it didn t do any ,would call his dog and rp a high mountain.rip m day so he lay down voice callinghirn ,rip rountainside and saw a n was staggeringalong up,comeand help me lhe barrel onto his own led the way up to the little men they were s makinga noise like rwere emptyingit into went back to playing o he picked up one of r good so he kept on r his eyesbeganto feel vly to the ground and old tree the day was ed that strong drink i tg to tell my wife he whistled for his dog but his dog never came as he got up his limbs felt stiff slowly he made his way down the mountainside as he came near to the village he met some chirdren but he did not recognise any of them their clothes looked strange they stared at him rip began to stroke his chin thoughtfuily and had a shock he had grown a beard when rip walked into the village he found all was changed.there were many new houses strange names over the shops and people he had never seen before when he came to his own house it was a ruin the roof had fallen in and the windows were broken he saw a dog which looked like his but it growled when he came near who are you asked a man l m rip i m looking for some of my old friends but when he told the man his friend s names he was told that they had died or had left the village years ago what has happened thought rip ,does no-one remember rip van winkle he asked an old woman came up and cried lt is rip van winkre himself but where have you been for the last twenty years rip told his story for the twenty years to him had seemed like one shori night there were many who did not believe him but rip had returned from somewhere after twenty years and even to this cìay the people of the village when they hear thunder say it must be the little péopl,eplaying at skittles adapted from a story by washington lruing thínking about the story key question what does the story mean i 2 3 4 5 6 who was rip van winkle what kind of person was he why did he go for a walk up the mountain what reasons might he have had what did the little man want rip to do why was rip right do you think to try to herp the little man whom did rip see on top of the mountain what were they doing there do you think the rittle men were human what kind of people might they be?

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104 por srortes thtt ixtlqc r o that rip fell asleep 7 whose fault was it happened why did he up what did he think had 8 when rip woke think this rip to his vitlage what shocked 9 when he went back a true story f 0 could this have been thinhing about time key question:what is time i 2 3 give an go very quickly can you time ever seem to does example example go slowly can you give an does time ever seem to what is time c ir l s in the world time stop if every clock if your clock stops does 4 stlpped would time stop you be wrong how would the clocks in the world 5 could all know gtve :examples tr with time can you 6 does everything change think this is travel in time do you in some stories people 7 possible?why in time or forward in a person could travel back 8 do you think time into the future want to time would you most could travel in time what lf you i travel to why past what would time and change the if you could go back in l0 you want to change further actir:ities olnvestigate drawordisplaydifferentwaysofke emetronome .etc pingtimee g aurrdl crock watches sundial t o rlturr clocks owriteastoryaboutenteringatimemachineandtravellingback or forward in time oactastoryaboútsomeonewhofallsasleepandwakestofind world themselves in a changed

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lr ln srontes thetr{es105 whvdidhe fl i events personaland public chart a time line showing important in your life in music e.g.haydn sclock listen and respond to rhythms drums lympnony slow movement african p i an example ln the world ld you mples this is or forwardin want to whatwould etc back to find

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r,tto srortes thenaus107 whatlsayistrue saidtheowl amanmakesthingslikethistoput on his feet.he calls them shoes .n o ttru e !n o ttr ue r oar edthelion w hatanim alwithanysens ew oul d want to wear these on his feet .n o ttru e !n o ttrue scr eechedthebir ds howcanther ebea nani m al with two legs and no feathers .n o ttru e !n o ttrue shoutedatltheanimals .w e venever seens uc ha it cannot be true thing we ve never heard such a thing t h e yw e re so a ngr ywiththepoor r r ldowlthattheychasedhimoutof lt s true it s true and of tu-whii-to-woo cried the owl the wood course it was englishfolktale thinhtng about the story whatdoesthe storymean key question mustbe a bird s lt is somekind to began argue each other with the animalsand you what that and what is man 8 is like a bird but like us he can eat ire exceptfor one with two legs 9 i 2 3 4 5 6 7 lying in the dark wood how might the shoe have come to be in a wood what would you do if you found a shoe the shoe what did the bear do when he found why did he not think it was a shoe what did the animals think the shoe was you ever had an argument like why did the animals argue have this howdidtheowldescribeamantotheotheranimals?wasita good description why why were they angry why did the animals not believe the owl with the owl weretheanimatsrightnottobelievetheowl?weretheyrightto be angry with the owl turned out to be not have you ever betieved something that true can you give an example thereno one in fact the wild being.but knew no-one towardsit and with his great other animals that s fallen off a fruit r0

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108 ron srortes tutnrtnc thinhing about truth does truth mean key question:what is true what do we mean i when we say something mean is not true what do we 2 when we say something why honest and tell the truth 3 should people be tell the truth why 4 is it wrong not to lies time and never tell to be honest all the 5 is it possible for telling are the possible reasons people tetl lies what 6 why do iies tlsiteverrighttotelllies?whatisa whitelie aresomekindsof lies worse than others sdoyousometimesneedcouragetotellthetruth?canyougive an example of this do they mean the best policy what people say honesty is some i by this do you agree r r,o enmeone someone the ancient greeks problem-that puzzled is an old f0 here ,e ryor from crete is a liar was he once said from crete telting the truth further actiuíties tht bu mu the se pa so of cl at o pi a .v di a .e p lies o write a story or poem about make two lists ot game true or false chitdren play the to find some false 1 g t ing t f t:l books statement iit una false on o thers true or strange facts test them stranger than the saying truth is o lllustrate a strange fact or fiction o sort books into fiction categories of fact and and then into categories fact and fiction tcvtrefi .readandrespondtothepoem.whatkindofliarareyou bycarl sandburg i i l

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li2 por srontes tutnrtnc 29 whoam i kam s mirror longagointhecountr -hef koreatherelivedahard workingfarmer yo had lived in a remote village and longed to kam all his life named seethecapitalcityofseoul.onedayhedecidedhewouldgotoseoul to his family his old father and see the royal tity so he said good-bye his wife and daughter and set off for the city afteralongjourneykamarrivedatthegreatcityandmarvelledatthe in the market he bought bustling streets the fine houses and shops for his wife a pipe for some presents to take home with him a comb his father and silk scarves for his daughters inoneshophesawthestrangestthinghe deverseen.itwasaround seemed to be staring in shining piece of metal and in it a man s face amazementatkam.notonlythatbutitseemedtocopyeverythingthat seen a mirror before kam did who was that peison kam had never heatoncewentinandboughtthismagicpieceofmetal.wrappingit set off for home there carefully he put it in the botiom of his bag and werealotofquestionshewantedtoaskthatmanhehadseenwhohad looked so familiar yet so strange whenhegothomekam sfamilyweredelightedtoseehim,especially whentheyunwrappedtheirpresents.agreatfeastwasheldinhis pigs while he was out honour after the meal kam went out to feed the left in her father s bag kam s daughter noticed that one parcel was still shepickeditup,openedit,andstaredinamazement lookatthis she said fatherhasbroughtaprettyyounggirlintothehouseandhidden her by magic in this piece of metal a woman flew into a kam,s wife came in to look and seeing the face of from the jealous rage the cruel man he has brought back a woman she looks too city to take my place and a bad-temperedwoman kam s father came hearing the sounds of screaming and crying hurryingin.helookedintothemirror whyhaskambroughtbackthis rice and sleep in my ugly old man i suppose he will want to eat my bed running back as the sounds of their cries and screams brought kam and beating him with soon as he came in his wife began pulling his hair her fi take n and i and 1 comt they i seen priesl you i old p foolis shou they laugt soon kam case alwa thin key i 2 3 4 j 6 i

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sronres thsr 4rsi l3 .cno her fists you wicked man for bringing that mean-looking woman to take my place and g farmer onged to to seoul ld father and for bringing in that ugly old man shouted his father ed at the bought pipe for a round taring in ringthat r before rppingit e there ,vhohad ;pecially d in his was out :r s bag his she lhidden for bringing that sillylooking girl said his daughter come we will see what the priest has to say about this said kam so they marched off to the village priest and each told of what they had seen in the mirror let me see this magic metal said the priesi the priest had been to the great city and knew of its splendours you are each of you wrong he said all i can see is the face of a wise old priest then he explained to them what a mirror was and how foolish they had been ln future he said if you are feeling angry you should drink very slowly one cup of rice-water before saying a word they all promised to follow the priest s advice and went home laughing at their silly mistake soon mirrors were to be found in every house in the village but in kam s house as well as a mirror they kept a cup of rice.water just in case it was needed and they remembered that a mirror does not always tell you the whole truth folhtale from koreo thínhíng about the story key question whot does the story mean i 2 who was kam where did he live whom did he live with what work did he do what did he see in the city of seoul that he had never seen before why did he go to the market what did he buy there why did the daughter stare in amazement when she opened the last parcel what did kam s wife think when she saw the mirror what did kam s father fear when he saw the mirror why did they go to see the village priest w into a rom the lo 3 4 r came ackthis pinmy ,ack.as im with 5 6 7

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ll4 8 ron srortes tutxrlrc drink a cup of ricewhy did the priest advise them to slowly water was it good advice do you think gwhatdoesthestorymeanwhenitsaysamirrordoesnotalways tell you the whole truth f0 what title would you give to this story thinking about personal identíty key question:what sort of person am i llfyoulookinamirroryouseewhatotherpeopleseeofyou,just the outside is that who you are 2 3 are you a person?what is a person our mind our soul when we say person do we mean our body or something else there gang boats grand like a rowin had ti doing was p 4whenwetalkaboutwhatpeoplearelike,wetalkabouttheir .personality doeseveryonehaveadifferentkindofpersonality 5 6 7 8 i f0 people in what ways are you different from other people in what ways are you the same as other do you think people always stay the same different sort of if you do change does that mean you are a person you are do your are you the person that other people think you friends family or teacher really know person how would you do you really know who you are as a describe yourself actiaitíes the f hearc woul rushi was i one boat a citl acros my no s wha knou histo further in the class who am l write a description or draw someone guess who they are without naming the persón can others you o draw or paint a self portrait using a mirror to help owriteaselfportrait.whatareyourgoodpoints,badpoints thoughts and feelings o act your own version of the story of kam s mirror .mirrormovements-withapartnertrytomirrortheirmovements takingturnstoleadandfollow,createasequencetoshowothers the read why didr no s wel knov river

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srorres tueues i l5 ano r of ricels not always 70 wisdomand learning the professor and the ferryman there was once an old ferryman who lived in a hut by the river ganges for as long as anyone could remember his family had rowed boats across the river his father had been a ferryman and so had his grandfather before him like all the villagers the ferryman was poor the money he made by rowing people across the river was hardly enough to feed his family he had taken over the job of ferryman when he was a boy and had been doing it ever since although life was hard he never grumbled for he was pleased to be of service to his passengers the ferryman learned a lot about life by talking to his passengers.he heard about life in the city but he could not understand why people would want to live there it seemed that city people spent all their lives rushing about with no time to think the ferryman rowed slowly he was in no hurry he had time to talk and time to think about things one day a well-dressed man with a shiny briefcase climbed into his boat he wore a smart suit and had well polished shoes he looked like a city gentleman slowly the ferryman began to row his passenger across the river after a while the man from the city spoke my good man he said have you studied any history no sir said the ferryman said the city man in surprise not studied history don t you know how important history is are you not proud of your country s history why don t you know any history the ferryman shook his head i don t know any history sir i can t read sir i never went to school and so i didn t learn history didn t learn said the man there s no excuse for not learning that is why we are here you surely learnt some geography no sir said the ferryman l don t know any geography well said the man geography tells us about the world don t you know anything about the world the countries mountains and rivers what of you,just td our soul rut their personality sortof doyour ouldyou class y are u roints movements row others.

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