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 Picture(s)
- Study the story picture(s) and verbally describe the relation to the story.
Activity 4: Act Like Aunt Polly
Recite the following with feeling, gesturing and moving as desired.
- Y-o-u-u TOM!
- Old fools is the biggest fools there is.
- Can't learn an old dog new tricks.
- I've got to do my duty by him, or I'll be the ruination of the child.
- Why, I did sew it with white! Tom!
Activity 5: Complete Written Enrichment Activities
- Click the crayon above, and complete pages 66-67 of 'Fifth Grade Prose: Written Narration, Dictation, and Review Questions.'