Africa: Folktales

We read two folktale from Africa this week.

Our first story is set in West Africa. It is a story about misunderstanding. Click on the student journal entries below to read what they thought of the story.

Samara

Gwen

Jesse

Niko

Marin

Oliver

Rylan

Hunter

Bella

In this Bantu tale, when the other animals fail at the task, the slow but wise turtle finds a way to obtain the bountiful fruits of a magic tree.