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. Teacher modelling - discuss with class the features of a narrative , brainstorm with class ideas for writing, write draft story with the students. Refer to Fools and Tricksters chart . Raven Stories Students use a A Character Chart to draw an incident from one of the stories they have read that fits a listed category, and place it in one of the sections.