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
Pretend you are Don Quixote's distraught niece and enact the following:
- Let out a woeful cry.
- Pretend to tear your hair.
- Pretend to scratch your face.
- Scold and plead.
- Pretend to weep bitter tears.
Activity 5: Copy and Dictate a Sentence
Complete page 26 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: He will find the cure for his malady not here, but on the road.
Activity 6: Discuss Sancho's Proverbs
Figure out the meaning of Sancho's proverbs.
- A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
- One hold-fast is better than two may-be-so's.
- A little in one's own pocket is better than much in another's purse.
- Every little makes a mickle.
Activity 7: Map the Story
- The story of Don Quixote takes place in the country of Spain.
- Locate Spain on the map of Europe.
- Find the strait to the south of Spain and recite its name.