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
With drama and feeling, act out the following from the chapter.
Play the roles of Don Quixote and the housekeeper and enact the following:
- Don Quixote looking for his library while saying, 'I've lost the way to the study.'
- The housekeeper saying, 'There is no study in this house. An enchanter spirited it away.'
- Don Quixote saying, 'I will vanquish the enchanter, Freston!'
Activity 5: Copy and Dictate a Sentence
Complete page 11 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: The enchanter took not only the room but all the books that were in it.
Activity 6: Sketch an Enchanter Riding a Dragon
Complete page 12 in 'Third Grade Prose Copywork and Dictation.'
Make a quick pencil sketch of Freston, the enchanter, riding on a dragon.
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 capital city (marked with a red star) and recite its name.