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
Play the roles of Don Quixote and the Biscayan and enact the following:
- Don Quixote riding up to the coach and saying, 'Fair princess, I have rescued you from your captors.'
- The Biscayan riding up and grabbing the tree branch lance from Don Quixote.
- Don Quixote drawing his sword and charging the Biscayan.
Activity 5: Copy and Dictate a Sentence
Complete page 16 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'm only taking the spoils which my master has won in battle.