Hello,

The planning for our West Africa story has taken off to a great start. On Friday, we brainstormed all the possible topics that were of interest to the students. We narrowed down our choices by process of elimination.

The winner was:
-Anansi's Journey to Help West Africa

Main idea:
- don't judge others by the way they look
- accept suggestions/help given by others before rejecting them

Problem:
Anansi travels to different countries (Guinea, Sierra Leone and Ghana) in West Africa trying to help solve problems but, no one accepts his help and suggestions because he is a spider and they ask him to leave their country.

Solution:
Finally the last country Anansi travels to (Ghana) accepts his help and the word spreads around West Africa about his bright idea. He receives praise and an apology from everyone and there is a celebration at the end.


In groups, students either wrote the beginning, middle or end of the story. On Monday, the entire story will be revealed and the students will make revisions.

I will type out the stories without the revisions and post it.

Sona