Activity 1: Recite the Book Information
- Recite the name of the author, the title of the book, and the title of the chapter.
Activity 2: Narrate the Story
- Narrate the events aloud in your own words.
Activity 3: Study the Story Pictures
- Study the story pictures and describe how they relate to the story.
Activity 4: Act Out a Passage from the Chapter
Play the roles of Don Quixote and the barber and enact:
- Don Quixote charging toward the barber.
- The barber jumping off his donkey, losing his basin from his head, leaping over a hedge, and running across a field.
- Don Quixote picking up the basin and placing it on his head.
Activity 5: Copy and Dictate a Sentence
Complete page 19 in 'Third Grade Prose Copywork and Dictation.'
- Step 1: Students copy the script sentence.
- Step 2: Instructors say the sentence aloud, and children write it.
- Sentence: I see only a common man riding a gray donkey much like my own.
Activity 6: Discuss Sancho's Wisdom
- Recite Sancho's words, 'All is not gold that glitters.'
- What does this saying mean?
- What is Sancho specifically trying to tell Don Quixote?
Activity 7: Sketch a Barber's Pole
Complete page 20 in 'Third Grade Prose Copywork and Dictation.'
- Study the barber's pole below.
- What do the red and white represent?
- Use crayons, colored pencils, or markers to draw your own barber's pole.
Activity 8: Map the Story
- The story of Don Quixote takes place in the country of Spain.
- Locate Spain on the map of Europe.
- Find the bay which borders Spain to the north and recite its name.