Anansi and the Five Yam Plants (Readers Theater)

In this magical tale, he uses a witch's spell to further his own interests. Ah, but Anansi gets too greedy and is taught a lesson that ends up being the moral of this story.

Readers: This piece has been formatted for 7 readers. However, after the first 7 assigned reading lines, the rest are left unassigned. You may either divide the rest of the script between your original 7 readers - or add as many additional readers as you wish to complete the formatting. This approach offers classrooms of all sizes more flexibility in assigning the reading roles.

Script Length: 9 pages of reading text

Performance Time:  Approximately 5-6 minutes

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