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Educational and fun audiobooks for children and families. A variety of genres await and each podcast comes with podcast specific questions assessing retrieval, sequencing, SPaG, prediction, inference and note taking skills. Ideal as an independent classroom activity, intervention exercise OR homework task.
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Saturday May 29, 2021
Friday May 21, 2021
BB: Emeka The Pathfinder part 2
Friday May 21, 2021
Friday May 21, 2021
Can you see any links between this story and other fairy tales containing brothers and sisters or animals that aid main characters?
Make a list of all the animals named in the story and list the connotations, emotions and stereotypes linked to them. Why might Jamila Gavin used these in her story?
Who was The Green Man?
What do you think Emeka might have done next? What other stories might he have ended up in?
Did you like the ending? Have a go at rewriting the end so the King and Queen, Flora, Florian Joy or Emeka do something different
Friday May 14, 2021
BB: Emeka The Pathfinder part 1
Friday May 14, 2021
Friday May 14, 2021
The next tale from the "Blackberry Blue" anthology is the amazing tale of "Emeka the Pathfinder"
What tales can you think of where people fight or threaten Kings or Queens?
Which tales involves people being turning into animals or inanimate objects?
Why do you think so many tales involve paths, mazes or trails? What are they a metaphor of?
Do you think there is any significance of The Green Man? What might YOU do with the acorns?
Friday May 07, 2021
BB: The Golden Carp part 2
Friday May 07, 2021
Friday May 07, 2021
The story ends,
‘As for the stepfather and his son, they didn’t return to the farm but disappeared, never to be heard of again. Perhaps they tricked another innocent widow, or perhaps they got the punishment they deserved. who knows?’
What do you think happens to the father and his son?
What do you think would be the best outcome?
Should there be a redemptive ending?
Is it possible for villains to repent and become good?
Which 3 of these themes do you think are the most important in the story and why?
Punishment Honesty Greed Kindness
Rewards Bravery Family Loyalty
Saturday May 01, 2021
BB: The Golden Carp part 1
Saturday May 01, 2021
Saturday May 01, 2021
"The Golden Carp" is the third story in the Blackberry Blue collection of short stories by Jamila Gavin.
In this tale, our main character Chi is transported to another magical realm by the titular being. The story morphs into a parable showing how greed can breed other sins but generosity can bring good fortune.
This story is cut up into two sections and hopefully the questions doesn't give too much away to how the story goes !
PRE-READING QUESTIONS
Do you agree that Greed and Laziness are two of the deadliest sins?
Why do you think Jamila Gavin writes ‘… because they lead to other evils.’?
What do you think this story will be about?
How could a Golden Carp be involved in the story?
Draw a picture as to what you think Chi looks like.
How does she fit/not fit into the typical fairy tale protagonist role?
Can you think of other stores where characters are mistreated by family?
Why do you think step-parents are painted as untrustworthy characters?