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: Discuss the Story
- Tom realizes the steamboat and numerous skiffs are searching for them, believing them drowned in the river.
- However, the boys don't let anyone know they are safe.
- Do you think the boys did the right thing by not stopping the search? Discuss why or why not.
Activity 5: Complete Written Enrichment Activities
- Click the crayon above, and complete pages 92-93 of 'Fifth Grade Prose: Written Narration, Dictation, and Review Questions.'