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.
- 'Do you suppose Oz could give me a heart?' asked the Tin Woodman.
- 'Why, I guess so,' Dorothy answered. 'It would be as easy as to give the Scarecrow brains.'
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: Get an oil-can and oil my joints.
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 5, add the spring of clear water and the Tin Woodman near the cabin. Extend the yellow brick road, and draw an overgrowth of trees and branches blocking the road as described in the chapter.