Activity 1: Recite the Short Story Information
- Recite the name of the author and the title of the short story.
Activity 2: Narrate the Short Story
- Narrate the events of the short story aloud in your own words.
Activity 3: Study the Short Story Picture(s)
- Study the short story picture(s) and verbally describe the relation to the story.
Activity 4: Map the Story
- The story takes place in the New York state Catskill Mountains.
- Find New York on the map of the United States.
- Find the Catskill Mountains on the map of the state of New York.
Activity 5: Complete Written Enrichment Activities
- Click the crayon above, and complete pages 136-137 of 'Fifth Grade Prose: Written Narration, Dictation, and Review Questions.'