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Activities by Nancy Polette © 2002

BEAT THE STORY DRUM, PUM,PUM
by Ashley Bryan.
 

Here are five Nigerian folktales retold in language as rhythmic as the beat of a story-drum

ACTIVITY

Choose an animal from this story to read about. List four clues about the animal. One must be a "give away" clue. Ask a member of your class to give you a number between one and four. Read the clue for that number. The student can guess or pass. The game continues until the animal name is guessed or all clues have been read