(Half a) Story Hour - Episode 2
Episode 2, “Anne of Green Gables: More of Chapter One”
In this episode, we continue reading Chapter One of Anne of Green Gables. We start to learn about Avonlea through the eyes of Mrs. Rachel Lynde - a nosy neighbour if there ever was one - and explore the idea of a “homestead.”
Tough stuff in this episode: lack of representation, historical erasure
⭐️ Bonus ⭐️
Vocabulary: dint, Sewing Circle, Sunday school, Church Aid Society, Foreign Missions Auxiliary, cotton warp, run the gauntlet, myriad, placidly, sorrel mare, deftly, gable, bower, scant, homestead
(Inter)active reading suggestion: Visualise, make connections, ask questions
For teachers: Draw what you saw - draw a picture of anything you saw in your mind’s eye during today’s reading (stick figures are fine!). Challenge: can you draw a picture of Lynde’s Hollow, where Mrs. Rachel Lynde lives with her husband, or of Green Gables? 🎨
Discussion question: why might the story start so far “out” from its main character, Anne Shirley? 💬
Musical interlude: “Hens and Roosters” and “Wild Donkeys (Swift Animals)” from Le Carnaval des animaux by Camille Saint-Saëns, performed by the Seattle Youth Symphony
Other Links…
Here is the map we talk about:
The Mi’kmaq Confederacy of Prince Edward Island provides a series of maps showing the traditional uses of Epekwitk’s (P.E.I.’s) land and waters by its Indigenous Mi’kmaq population.
Check it out to explore fish and animal harvests, other natural resource use, dwelling and travel sites, and culturally significant places all across the island…
If you need more barnyard animals in your day, try Shaun the Sheep - brain breaks included!
Easter 🪺: Can you spot our recording buddy?
