tub - a large open
vessel for holding or storing liquids; drum; pot; barrelLesson Plans for Swiss Family Robinson
to use with "Bring
the Classics to Life" and "Troll Illustrated Classics"
Day 1
Vocabulary Words of the Day
tempest - A violent windstorm, frequently accompanied by rain, snow, or hail.
For many days we had been tempest-tossed.
excursion - A usually short journey made for pleasure; an outing; pleasure trip
At the mention of an excursion, the four children were wild with delight, and, capering around me, clapped their hands for joy.
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Read Chapters 1 - 2
Answer Comprehension Questions - Pages 10 & 16
Vocabulary Check - Pages 11 & 17
(Chapter 1 correlates with Troll Illustrated Version Pages 5-8.)
(Chapter 2 correlates with Troll Illustrated Version Pages 9-13.)
Activity
Fill in the character chart. http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading19/characters.htm
Watch first 8 minutes of Disney movie.
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Day 2
Vocabulary Words of the Day
tub - a large open
vessel for holding or storing liquids; drum; pot; barrel
`Can't we each get into a big tub, and float there?' . . . . 'then make haste to collect any tubs you can find!' . . . My eight tubs now stood ranged in a row near the water's edge. . . I next procured a long thin plank on which my tubs could be fixed. . . Other two planks were nailed along the sides of the tubs. . . With a hearty prayer for God's blessing, we now began to take our seats, each in his tub.
pulley - A simple machine consisting essentially of a wheel with a grooved rim in which a pulled rope or chain can run to change the direction of the pull and thereby lift a load.
I now called for a pulley, which my wife fastened to the cord hanging beside the ladder, I hauled it up, and finding the boys rather in my way, told them to go down while I proceeded to fasten the pulley to a stout branch above me, that we might be able to haul up the beams we should require the next day.
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Read Chapters 3 -4
Answer Comprehension Questions - Pages 22 & 28
Vocabulary Check - Pages 23 & 29
Activity
In Chapter 4 the Robinson found some new things to eat. They also found a plant that helped when you were sick. Some of the plants the family discovered were: potato, pineapple, jasmine, aloe, vanilla, and Indian fig. How could each of these be used?
potato food pineapple food jasmine relieves pain
used in skin care, especially in the treatment of dry or aggravated skin. Many use it in treating eczema and dermatitis,aloe good for burns, itchiness, rashes, cuts, scrapes, and poison oak vanilla spice Indian fig food Watch next 28 minutes of Disney movie.
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Day 3
Vocabulary Words of the Day
landmark - A prominent identifying feature of a landscape.
For,' said I, `it will become more and more troublesome to explain what we mean, unless we do so. Besides which, we shall feel much more at home if we can talk as people do in inhabited countries: instead of saying, for instance, "the little island at the mouth of our bay, where we found the dead shark", "the large stream near our tent, across which we made the bridge", "that wood where we found coconuts, and caught the monkey", and so on. Let us begin by naming the bay in which we landed. What shall we call it?'
`Oyster Bay,' said Fritz.
`No, no!---Lobster Bay,' cried Jack, `in memory of the old fellow who took a fancy to my leg!'
`I think,' observed his mother, `that, in token of gratitude for our escape, we should call it Safety Bay.'
This name met with general approbation, and was forthwith fixed upon.
Other names were quickly chosen. Our first place of abode we called Tentholm; the islet in the bay, Shark's Island; and the reedy swamp, Flamingo Marsh. It was some time before the serious question of a name for our leafy castle could be decided. But finally it was entitled Falconhurst; and we then rapidly named the few remaining points: Prospect Hill, the eminence we first ascended; Cape Disappointment, from whose rocky heights we had strained our eyes in vain search for our ship's company; and Jackal River, as a name for the large stream at our landing place, concluded our geographical nomenclature.
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Read Chapters 5 - 6
Answer Comprehension Questions - Pages 34 & 40
Vocabulary Check - Pages 35 & 41
(Chapter 5 correlates with Troll Illustrated Version Pages 14-18.)
(Chapter 6 correlates with Troll Illustrated Version Pages 20-23.)
Activity -
Make beeswax candles.
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Day 4
Vocabulary Words of the Day
pemmican - A food made chiefly from beef, dried fruit, and suet, used as emergency rations.
Before they started, Fritz begged some bear's meat from his mother, to make pemmican.
`And what may pemmican be?' she asked.
`It is food carried by the fur-traders of North America on their long journeys through the wild country they traverse; and consists of bear or deer's flesh, first cooked and then pounded or ground to powder. It is very portable, and nourishing.'
His mother consented `to humour him', as she said, although without much faith in the value of the preparation; and in the course of two days a stock of pemmican, sufficient for a Polar expedition, was fabricated by our enthusiastic son.
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Read Chapters 7 - 8
Answer Comprehension Questions - Pages 46 & 52
Vocabulary Check - Pages 47 & 53
(Chapter 7 correlates with Troll Illustrated Version Pages 24-26.)
(Chapter 8 correlates with Troll Illustrated Version Pages 27-34.)
Activity
Foods - Eat fresh tropical foods such as coconut.
OR
Make pemmican. http://www.recipezaar.com/73313
1 cup beef jerky, beef or venison 1 cup dried saskatoon berries or dried blueberries 1 cup unroasted sunflower seeds or crushed nuts, of any kind 2 teaspoons honey 1/4 cup peanut butter 1/2 teaspoon cayenne http://www.easyfunschool.com/article1051.html
1 cup Jerky, either beef or venison 1 cup dried blueberries* 1 cup un-roasted sunflower seeds or crushed nuts of any kind 2 teaspoons honey 1/4 cup peanut butter DIRECTIONS: 1. This version uses peanut butter rather than melted lard as the binding agent, which is much better suited to today’s tastes and need for conscious diets. 2. Grind [or pound] the dried meat to a mealy powder. 3. Add the dried berries and seeds or nuts. 4. Heat the honey, peanut butter until softened. Blend. 5. When cooled, store in a plastic bag in a cool dry place. Supposedly this will keep for months, but it doesn’t last long at our house. If you can’t find or use dried blueberries, please feel free to use other dried fruits. You can used dried cranberries, raisins, applies, apricots, peaches, etc.
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Day 5
Vocabulary Words of the Day
kayak - A lightweight canoe
At last came the day when Fritz was to make his trial trip with the kayak. The kayak was made out of the skeleton of a whale, and bamboo canes were used to strengthen the sides and deck.
commission - The act of granting certain powers or the authority to carry out a particular task or duty; To put (a ship) into active service; hire; appoint; authorize; order; contract
For the past three years, he had searched for Jenny, and he commissioned other ships to search for her as well.
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Read Chapters 9 - 10
Answer Comprehension Questions - Pages 58 & 64
Vocabulary Check - Pages 59 & 65
(Chapter 9 correlates with Troll Illustrated Version Pages 35-45.)
(Chapter 10 correlates with Troll Illustrated Version Pages 46-48.)
Activity
Finish movie
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