In groups of three, students talk about the stories and the characters they have read. List characters and their characteristics on separate pieces of paper, include a drawing or write briefly about the trick or incident. These will be pasted on the Characteristics of Fools and Tricksters chart . Teacher or students select one or two trickster stories to orally analyse the main characters and setting, and whether the outcome justified the means. The Raven, Anansi, The Coyote, and Maui are just some of the tricksters in literature.
Tricksters are creators and destroyers.
Select one of these tricksters and read to find out whether they were creators or destroyers or both. Students orally share and discuss their findings with another person in the group. Students storyboard the main ideas from their selected story. Teacher models the oral retelling of a trickster tale. Shared Writing - construct a trickster tale using animals as characters.