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 to enact the following:
- Don Quixote rushes forward blindly
- The Biscayan strikes Don Quixote with his sword.
- The Biscayan's mule runs off, and the Biscayan falls off the mule.
- Don Quixote stands triumphantly over the fallen Biscayan and says, 'Now yield thee as a recreant!'
Activity 5: Copy and Dictate a Sentence
Complete page 17 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 will spare his life on one condition.
Activity 6: Discuss Don Quixote's Victory
- Do you feel that Don Quixote truly won a glorious victory or was he merely lucky?
- Does it matter how you win, as long as you win?
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 west and recite its name.