How can stories from the past influence our imagination? Get Ready to Read How can stories from the past influence our imagination? What are some of the things you associate with feudal life? Have you-or has someone you know-ever tried to build a fortress of sand, snow, toys or other materials? What was it like? What is your favorite legendary story of chivalry?

Get Ready to Read Amazing Words Adventurer – someone who seeks out adventures or challenges To be a knight, you had to be an adventurer, willing to explore and to risk great danger. Why might an adventurer make a good main character in a story? What characteristics do you think a typical adventurer has? Diversion – a distraction from daily life and its responsibilities Pretending to be a knight was more than a diversion for Senor Quexada. What kinds of diversions do people use today to relax and have fun?

Word Analysis Greek and Latin Roots Get Ready to Read Word Analysis Greek and Latin Roots Root Root Meaning Word Word Meaning Ques To ask or to inquire Request Cogn To know Recognize Vict To conquer Victory

Literary Terms Idioms and Jargon Get Ready to Read Literary Terms Idioms and Jargon Idioms are phrases or expressions whose meanings cannot be understood from the ordinary meaning of the word What does “hold your tongue” mean? Jargon is language of a special group or profession What does crowd the plate mean in baseball? Read Knights of Old on page 333. Notice the jargon: quests, squire, tournament Look at the idiom: squared off. What does that mean? What other idioms or jargon do you know?

Story Structure Character and Plot Get Ready to Read Story Structure Character and Plot What does plot mean? What is a character? Reread Gina’s Adventures in Italy. What is the plot? Who are the characters?

Vocabulary Strategy for Prefixes re- and mis- Read and Comprehend Vocabulary Strategy for Prefixes re- and mis- What does re- mean? What does mis- mean? Misfortune followed him wherever he went. What does misfortune mean? She renewed her determination to win the game. What does renewed mean?

Read and Comprehend Fluency Practice

What legendary story about knights has influenced your imagination? Read and Comprehend What are your favorite stories from the past? What do you like best about these stories? What legendary story about knights has influenced your imagination? Classic historical fiction is fiction that takes place in the past. It is a combination of imagination and fact. In historical fiction, fictional characters are placed in a factually historical setting to act out a fictional plot.

As you read pages 336-337, think about: Read and Comprehend As you read pages 336-337, think about: Reread the opening paragraph on page 337. What is the author’s purpose in this particular paragraph? What questions are raised in your mind when you read the narrator’s warning on page 337: Beware! Those tales can drive you mad…? Think of another time in history in which you would like to have lived. Explain the advantages of living in the historical period you chose. How does the illustrator depict Senor Quexada’s woeful expression?

As you read pages 338-339, think about: Read and Comprehend As you read pages 338-339, think about: Compare Don Quixote’s style of speaking with Sancho’s style of speaking. What is comical about the promise Don Quixote makes to Sancho Panza? What three things does Don Quixote rename? Why do you think he renames them? The narrator tells readers that Sancho was not as crackbrained as Don Quixote. The author is using an idiom or figure of speech. What does the idiom mean and what does it suggest about Don Quixote?

As you read pages 340-341, think about: Read and Comprehend As you read pages 340-341, think about: Why does the author tell readers that Don Quixote and Sancho set off on a moonless night? Compare and contrast the reaction of Don Quixote and Sancho to the windmills. Don Quixote sees windmills in the distance and believes they are giants . Think of a time when you saw something or someone from a distance that you thought was something or someone else. What happened?

Don Quixote hacked at the ropes with renewed vigor. Language Arts Modifiers Don Quixote hacked at the ropes with renewed vigor. “At the ropes”, and “with renewed vigor” are prepositional phrases They modify hacked (tell where and how he hacked) Find the modifiers in the following sentences: Senor Quexada buried himself in these books. He found a rusty suit of armor.

Sort your words into categories: -ary -ery -ory Language Arts Spelling Practice Sort your words into categories: -ary -ery -ory

Create a chart to help get started on your parody Language Arts Writing a Parody Create a chart to help get started on your parody Don Quixote My Parody Senor Quexada Principal Keough Saving the country from giants Save school from wild buffalo Tales from the past driving him mad Movie westerns drive him mad Buries himself in books Sits in dark watching old westerns Calls himself Don Quixote Calls himself Don Coyote Tale My Parody Main Character Conflict How conflict is solved Setting