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
Act out the beknighting scene from the chapter, with drama and feeling.
Have one person play the role of the innkeeper while another plays the role of Don Quixote. Actions might include:
- The innkeeper reads a passage from a book
- Don Quixote kneels
- The innkeeper touches the back of Don Quixote's neck
- The innkeeper touches Don Quixote's back with the flat side of a sword
- The innkeeper says, 'Arise, Sir Knight!'
Activity 5: Copy and Dictate a Sentence
Complete page 6 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: You have shown yourself worthy of knighthood.
Activity 6: Sketch an Inn
Complete page 7 in 'Third Grade Prose Copywork and Dictation.'
- Study the lesson image showing a portion of the inn and make a quick pencil sketch of the inn in its entirety.