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 a masked 'enchanter' and Don Quixote and enact the following:
- The enchanter lifts Don Quixote out of bed.
- The enchanter helps Don Quixote get dressed.
- The enchanter carries Don Quixote out of the room.
- The enchanter places Don Quixote in a cage.
Activity 5: Copy and Dictate a Sentence
Complete page 25 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 never read of a knight-errant being drawn in a slow-moving ox cart.
Activity 6: Discuss the Story
- Identify and discuss any instances of kindness demonstrated in the chapter. For example, kindness shown by:
- The 'enchanters' toward Don Quixote
- Sancho toward Don Quixote
- Sancho toward Rozinante
- Sancho's wife, Juana, toward Sancho
- The curate toward Don Quixote