Snow Puppy by Diane
Bakey by Peter
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Mrs.
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| As the storyteller weaves her stories, as the cloth maker weaves the kente cloth, as Anansi weaves a web, so we wove together five books when we enjoyed The Black Snowman, by Phil Mendez. Stopping at pertinent points we wove in Anansi the Spider by Gerald McDermott, Frosty the Snowman retold by Annie North Bedford, and Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters written and illustrated by John Steptoe. It was wonderful to see the connections the students could make between the books and between the different kinds of weaving. We did many different kinds of writing projects in connection with the books and composed our own Magic Snow people. |
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Five W Poems
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Happy and Sad Nyasha Became queen In Africa A long time ago Because she gave peace Alex |
The Hunt Anansi Went hunting In the forest When all the animals were out Because that was the most dangerous time and he loved danger Kriya |
The Snowman Frosty Ran around In the city In the winter Because he wanted to save his hat Brennan |
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How Frosty Was Made Frosty was made In Kriya's backyard In the day Because Kriya wanted some fun Kriya |
Anansi Gets Lost Anansi the Spider Fell into trouble At a river When a fish swallowed him Because fish like to eat bugs Diane |
Anansi's Poem Anansi Fell into trouble Far from home One time Because he got lost Elliot |
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The Black Snowman The Black snowman Told Jacob, "It's good to be black!" Outside In winter To help Jacob's religion David |
Nyasha Becomes Queen Nyasha Gave food to the small boy and old lady In the forest At the first light of dawn Because she was going to journey to the city to become queen Diane |
The Garden Nyoko Went to live in Nyasha's garden At Nyasha's house In the summer Because his old house was ruined Kriya |
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Frosty Frosty Went skiing On Jan.1, 2001 At Nub's Nob Because he liked the wind in his face Zach |
Anansi's Cinquain Poem |
Frosty
So jolly and happy he goes down the street. All warm inside he goes. Playing with children all snug in a bug With a magic hat he goes. Leila |
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Trouble
8 legs, 6 sons walking, crawling, sailing Makes me feel good Anansi Brennan |
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| At the very end of The Black Snowman a fire fighter
finds the kente cloth on the ground and takes it home, thinking that his
daughter might like to use it to make a dress for her doll. Here are three
stories that pick up on that story line.
The Kente Cloth By Bre Once upon a time a fireman found a cloth. He took it home with him. He said, "My little girl would like it and make a dress for her doll." The next morning the little girl, Kate, saw the cloth on her bed! Her father said, "How did you get that?" But he knew that he gave that cloth to her. He did not tell her that he gave the cloth to her. She said, "I can make a dress for my doll." They both did not know that the cloth was the kente cloth. So the little girl got out her knitting and started to make a dress for her doll. When it was done she looked at it. To her it looked funny. But she liked it. She put it on the doll and left the room. But before she could take one step the doll said something! She said, "Come, come play with me." So she came back to where the doll was. She took the doll outside and played with her until her friend came along and wanted to play, too. So Kate put her doll down and played with her friend. The doll was mad. She wanted to play with Kate. But it was too late. Kate went inside her house and left her doll outside! She was sad. How could Kate do such a thing? But later Kate came outside and got her. Kate ate dinner and then went to bed. The next morning Kate woke-up and went to school. When she got home she took the doll's dress off. And when she took it off her doll could not talk anymore! So she put the dress back on and took her to school with her for Show and Tell. And they had lots of fun. The Black Snowman By Amber When the fire fighter came home his little girl said, "Father, it is beautiful. What is it for?" "It's for one of your dolls. You and I can make a dress out of it," he said. "May we do it now? I bet it will look great on Jenny." "Of course!" he said. Then they went up stairs and made a dress. "May we put it on Jenny?" she said. "Yes," he said. When they tried it put it on…it was too big. So they went downstairs to find some scissors to cut it. Then they cut the cloth and they put it on the doll. It was perfect. "Daddy, look it's perfect!" she said. "Yes it is," he said. So she went in her room and played with it. The Talking Doll By Sam Once upon a time a fireman saw a cloth and he said, "I am going to take this cloth for my little girl to use for her doll." When he got home he gave it to his little girl. That same day the little girl put the cloth on her doll. After dinner she came in her room and the doll was alive. She was very scared. The doll stared at the girl. The girl said, "How did you come alive?" "The kente cloth, of course." "Why did you come alive?" "To play with you, I think." "Should I tell my dad about you?" "It is your choice." So they did. At first he fainted but then he said, "That is amazing!" The doll ate nothing at all. They all lived happily together. Frosty
Comes to Life
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Snow Puppy by Diane |
Bakey by Peter |
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Snowgirl by Bre |
Snow Angel by Leila |
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Matthew by Mack |
Driya by Kriya |
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State of Michigan Early Elementary Language Arts Content Standards Benchmarks developed with this project: Content Standard 2.1: Write with developing fluency for multiple purposes to produce a variety of texts, such as stories, journals, learning logs, directions, and letters. Content Standard 2.2: Recognize that authors make choices as they write to convey meaning and influence an audience. Examples include word selection, sentence variety, and genre. Content Standard 3.1: Integrate listening, speaking, viewing, reading, and writing skills for multiple purposes and in varied contexts. Examples include using more than one of the language arts to create a story, write a poem or letter, or to prepare and present a unit project on their community. Content Standard 3.3: Read and write with developing fluency, speak confidently, listen and interact appropriately, view strategically, and represent creatively. Examples include sharing texts in groups and using an author's/reader's chair. Content Standard 3.8: Respond to the ideas or feelings generated by texts and listen to the responses of others. Content Standard 6.3: Explore works of different authors, speakers, and illustrators to determine how they present ideas and feelings to evoke different responses. Content Standard 8.2: Explore how the characteristics of various narrative genre and story elements can be used to convey ideas and perspectives. Examples include character, setting, and problem in poetry, drama, and folktales. |
