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: Copy and Dictate a Sentence
Complete page 13 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 shall be my squire and also share my rewards.
Activity 5: Discuss Squires
- If Don Quixote offered to make you his squire, would you accept? Explain why or why not.
- Imagine you wish to hire your own squire. Describe the characteristics that would make a good squire.
- Do you think that Sancho Panza will make Don Quixote a good squire? Discuss why or why not.