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
- In the chapter, Tom almost leaves a sycamore scroll for Aunt Polly, but then reconsiders.
- Hypothesize what Tom might have written on the scroll.
- Hypothesize why Tom ultimately did not leave the scroll for Aunt Polly.
Activity 5: Complete Written Enrichment Activities
- Click the crayon above, and complete pages 94-95 of 'Fifth Grade Prose: Written Narration, Dictation, and Review Questions.'