Spiders as Tricksters

Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ Spiders as Tricksters NDNAEU 1 “Sacred Relatives”, NDNAEU 2 “Learning & Storytelling” Compelling Question How do different cultures use spiders as tricksters? Standards and Practices RL.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key/supporting details in a text before, during, and after reading. Ask and answer questions about key/supporting details in a text before, during, and after reading. Ask and answer who, what, where, when, why, and how questions to demonstrate understanding of key/supporting details in a text before, during, and after reading. RL.2 With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key/supporting details. Retell stories, including key/supporting details, and demonstrate understanding of their central or main idea. Central Idea = synonymous with main idea. Recount stories from a variety of genres and diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral. Central message = can be theme, a moral, or a specific kind of lesson to be learned. RL.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story. Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key/supporting details. Describe settings and how characters in a story, respond to major events and challenges. SL.4 Present claims and findings, sequencing ideas logically and using pertinent descriptions, facts, and details to accentuate main ideas or themes; use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation. RL.9 Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics. Staging the Question Discuss and label a spider diagram. Have you ever seen a spider? Supporting Question 1 Supporting Question 2 How does the Native American spider, Iktomi, act as a trickster? How does the African spider, Anansi, act as a trickster? Formative Performance Task Formative Performance Task Listen to Iktomi and the Fawn. Listen to Anansi and the Turtle go to Dinner. Featured Sources Featured Sources https://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/IktomiandtheFawn-Lakota.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugi5KYfQO-0 SUMMATIVE PERFORMANCE TASK: Supported Claim (written/spoken) or Demonstration of Process (project-based) Write one sentence about how Anansi and Iktomi are alike, and one sentence about how they are different. SUMMATIVE PERFORMANCE TASK: Extension Tell about the spider story you liked the best and tell why. Taking Informed Action / Real World Application Tell the stories to siblings and/or parents.