Activity 1: Recite the Book Information
- Before and after reading or listening to the story, recite aloud the name of the author, the title of the book, and the title of the chapter.
Activity 2: Narrate the Story
- After reading or listening to the story, narrate the events aloud in your own words.
Activity 3: Recite a Passage from the Chapter
Practice reciting aloud the following passage, with drama and feeling.
- 'Cri-cri-cri!'
- 'Who calls me?' said Pinocchio in a fright.
- 'I am the Talking-Cricket.'
Activity 4: Dictate a Sentence from the Chapter
I have told you a great truth.
- Step 1: Instructors write the sentence, and children copy it.
- Step 2: Instructors say the sentence aloud, and children write it.
- Sentence: I really pity you!