Activity 1: Recite the Book Information
- Before and after reading or listening to the story, recite aloud the name of the author, the title of the book, and the title of the chapter.
Activity 2: Narrate the Story
- After reading or listening to the story, narrate the events aloud in your own words.
Activity 3: Recite a Passage from the Chapter
Practice reciting aloud the following passage, with drama and feeling.
- 'My darling child!' Aunt Em cried, folding the little girl in her arms and covering her face with kisses. 'Where in the world did you come from?'
- 'From the Land of Oz,' said Dorothy gravely. 'And here is Toto, too. And oh, Aunt Em! I'm so glad to be at home again!'
Activity 4: Dictate a Sentence from the Chapter
- Step 1: Instructors write the sentence, and children copy it.
- Step 2: Instructors say the sentence aloud, and children write it.
- Sentence: I am so glad to be at home again!
Activity 5: Create a Map of the Story
- Create a huge map of all the places Dorothy encounters over the novel, adding places as they are introduced in each chapter.
- Get a large roll of paper or fasten large pieces of paper together as you go.
- For chapter 24, add Kansas and Dorothy's farm to the map, somewhere outside the desert area.