Original Prompt3rd grade Learning targets :Can the students explain how Zomo tricks the other characters in the story?
Can students idenfy the theme in the folktale? Include RL.3.1.RL.3.3, RL.3.4 add success criteria Before reading Zomo the Rabbit: A
Trickster Tale from West Africa, let’s
learn about Gerald McDermo, the
author of the text.
About the author: Gerald McDermo
writes books that focus on adapng
folktales from various cultures into
books.
Listen to and follow along with the
read aloud of Zomo the Rab...
This learning resource focuses on the folktale of Zomo the Rabbit, emphasizing the character’s use of trickery to achieve goals. Students will explore the story’s themes, analyze its elements, and practice building strong sentences. The document guides learners through understanding character motivations and themes, provides tasks related to conjunction usage, and includes activities for sentence identification and construction. It also encourages reflective thinking about the nature of trickster characters in storytelling and underscores the lessons learned by Zomo.