Teachers' Domain; Between the Lions; Oh, Yes, It Can!
- Transcript
People live here on the west coast of Africa. Ashanti Chiefs used to sit on stools a lot like this one. We are beautiful like birds. But some of them catch fish with traps like this. I. Have met. Some of them countryman. They grow food for the Ashanti people to eat such as the big root vegetables called yams yam. Now our word Yam is actually an African word it means something like yummy. Will not one country man went out to gather some and as he was digging he heard a voice. Again.
And. You never looked up to me. You'll never know. He did you think to pick me up. The man looked around doing that. Yeah. He asked. The man gasped. Thank you. Yes a man dropped a yam and ran away as fast as his legs could carry him. Even ran until he met a fisherman who was standing on the path with a fish on his head. Are you was running after an antelope. The fisherman asked. Said the countryman.
Coming to me to hear. The fishermen laugh at that but then a voice said. On who's doing that to our chattering the freshman as I. Said his fish trap the fisherman gasped. This can't be happening. But. The man dropped the fish trap and both he and the country man ran away. As fast as they carry a ram until they met a weaver
who was holding a basket of fabric. Over you. After. All. The weaver and. The country men come. Charging at the fisherman the weaver left. The river and I. Said her fabric. This can't be. The fabric. Of the fabric. Three of them ran away.
Carry them. Arrived at the head man was grasping his staff and sitting on his stool. Happening Here he demanded. The come to meet him. The country man said he should have paid attention to his yam ship the fisherman and. That man got very angry. You'll be proud of our imagining. Yeah I'm scared to talk to you. Fish trucks can't stop you're going. To die. Before I leave jail.
So the three of them went sadly away. That's not found in the head man or your Greek said a voice there. Who. Is that. Yes yes. Oh yeah. See if he can be funny he said. But he. Can't.
- Series
- Teachers' Domain
- Program
- Between the Lions
- Title
- Oh, Yes, It Can!
- Producing Organization
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Contributing Organization
- WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/15-fn10p0x03r
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- Description
- Description
- This video segment from Between the Lions features an African tale full of surprises and new words. Master storyteller Karen Kandel models the power of storytelling, the mesmerizing effects of language, and how stories can help build vocabulary and background knowledge.
- Description
- See related asset "btl07_vid_itcan_Backgrounder.xml"
- Description
- In this video segment from Between the Lions, storyteller Karen Kandel tells an African tale about some surprising speakers. An introduction sets the stage. Props and sound effects help build word knowledge, a catchy refrain encourages the audience to chime in, and the short "a" sound is highlighted throughout the story.
- Description
- Engage in discussions along the lines of the tale: If our chairs in the class could talk, what would they say? What about the plants by the window? For a text version of this tale, teachers can find copies of the storybook Too Much Talk by Angela Shelf Medearis. See if you can tell or write a story with your students in which the characters have different voices. Be creative: try hamming up your storytelling techniques, displaying props, and introducing catchy refrains. Reinforce vocabulary learning by using words from the story in different contexts. Invite volunteers to say something as a command, or to gasp or yap as they tell the class something. Demonstrate as you go.
- Topics
- Literature
- Subjects
- early lit :: listening :: listens to stories; English Language Arts; Language and Vocabulary Awareness; NCTE-01; NCTE-03; early lit :: vocabulary :: meanings; early lit :: vocabulary :: indirect instruction; early lit :: fluency :: guided reading; early lit :: fluency :: repeated reading; early lit :: text comprehension :: active reading
- Rights
- Rights Note:Download Only,Rights:,Rights Credit:,Rights Type:All,Rights Coverage:,Rights Holder:WGBH Educational Foundation
- Rights Note:Download Only,Rights:,Rights Credit:2001 WGBH Educational Foundation and Sirius Thinking, Ltd. All rights reserved.,Rights Type:All,Rights Coverage:,Rights Holder:WGBH Educational Foundation
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Duration
- 00:06:00
- Credits
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Producing Organization: WGBH Educational Foundation
Publisher: Teachers' Domain
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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WGBH
Identifier: ef0904773294129db2e920981899f9953d85e5c2 (ArtesiaDAM UOI_ID)
Format: video/quicktime
Color: Color
Duration: 00:00:00
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Teachers' Domain; Between the Lions; Oh, Yes, It Can!,” WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed November 16, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-fn10p0x03r.
- MLA: “Teachers' Domain; Between the Lions; Oh, Yes, It Can!.” WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. November 16, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-fn10p0x03r>.
- APA: Teachers' Domain; Between the Lions; Oh, Yes, It Can!. Boston, MA: WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-fn10p0x03r