Activity 1: Study the Story Pictures
- Before reading or listening to the story, study and describe the pictures accompanying the story.
Activity 2: 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 3: Narrate the Story
- After reading or listening to the story, narrate the events of the story aloud in your own words.
Activity 4: Discuss the Story
Discuss the ways Marcella acted inappropriately in the story.
- Marcella took out her bad mood on Raggedy Ann by throwing Raggedy Ann in the hamper.
- Marcella blamed Dinah for her own mistake.
Discuss how Marcella made amends for her inappropriate behavior.
- Marcella acknowledged her mistakes to her mother and Dinah.
- Marcella apologized to the dolls for her bad mood.
- The story doesn't say specifically that Marcella apologized to Dinah, but that also would have been the right thing to do.