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: Map the Story
- In the story, Jim finds a Spanish watch and pieces of eight (Spanish coins).
- Find Spain on the map of Europe.
- Find Spain on the map of the world.
Activity 5: Act Out a Passage
Practice acting out the following passage, with drama and feeling.
- We have to get the key off that, and who's to touch it, I should like to know! (Jim's mother, sobbing)
- He had till ten, Mother. (Jim, finding the black spot)
- Now, Jim, that key. (Jim's mother, anxious)
Activity 6: Complete Written Narration
- Click the crayon above, and complete page 13 of 'Fourth Grade Prose: Written Narration, Dictation, and Review Questions.'
Activity 7: Complete Copywork and Dictation
- Click the crayon above, and complete pages 13-14 of 'Fourth Grade Prose: Written Narration, Dictation, and Review Questions.'
Activity 8: Color the Image
- Click the crayon above, and complete page 14 of 'Fourth Grade Prose: Written Narration, Dictation, and Review Questions.'
Activity 9: Answer Written Review Questions
- Click the crayon above, and complete page 15 of 'Fourth Grade Prose: Written Narration, Dictation, and Review Questions.'