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 the Overcome Ladies
- In the chapter, some ladies are overcome when the minister reads poetry.
- Pretend to be one of the overcome ladies.
- Pretend to listen with rapt interest.
- Lift up your hands and let them fall helplessly in your lap.
- 'Wall' your eyes with your hands, and shake your head in wonder.
Activity 5: Complete Written Enrichment Activities
- Click the crayon above, and complete pages 74-75 of 'Fifth Grade Prose: Written Narration, Dictation, and Review Questions.'