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:
- Don Quixote charging the windmills.
- Don Quixote's lance poking a sail and being wrested from his grasp.
- Don Quixote and his horse falling to the ground.
Activity 5: Copy and Dictate a Sentence
Complete page 14 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 see at least thirty huge giants.
Activity 6: Govern an Island
Complete page 15 in 'Third Grade Prose Copywork and Dictation.'
Like Sancho Panza, imagine you are the governor of an island.
- What will you call your island?
- Where is your island located?
- What types of plants and animals thrive on your island?
- Make a quick sketch of your island, its plants, and its animals.
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 country which borders Spain to the northeast and recite its name.