Seekers Day 2 — Reading Workshop

  • Intro to Adventures of Spider
    • Warm Up [m, desks, wb/journals/notes]—What makes for a good story? <basic timeline, Hero's Journey, characters, setting, specifics>
    • Map— <slide, print outs, otg slide, colored pencils>
      • Which is West? How do you know? <from looking at map>
      • What if you were on the ground in Africa? <slide with sun>
      • <print outs in folders>Find Liberia <color blue>. Ghana? <color yellow> Which is further West? East? <label, add your own compass>
      • <Journal/Tribal Meeting—Can the setting be a character in the story? Why/How or why/how not?>
    • Read Introduction + Waist—note characters, setting + specific descriptions. Discuss + note on table on wb. 
    • <wkst, wb or tribes?> If this is East Village and this is West Village, please put Anasi in the middle. 
    • Choose a question: Can setting be a character? Specifically describe a setting or a character.