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 Ben Rogers - The Steamboat
Recite the following with feeling, gesturing and moving as desired.
- Stop her, sir! Ting-a-ling-ling!
- Set her back on the stabboard! Chow! ch-chow-wow!
- Done with the engines, sir! Ting-a-ling-ling!
- (To Tom) Hi-Yi! You're up a stump, ain't you!
Activity 5: Complete Written Enrichment Activities
- Click the crayon above, and complete pages 68-69 of 'Fifth Grade Prose: Written Narration, Dictation, and Review Questions.'