Lesson Plans for Ella Enchanted
(3 chapters equals approximately 35 minutes of listening to audio daily)
Lesson
1
Vocabulary Word –
bestow
bestow - to present as a gift or an honor, grant, bequeath, donate,
impart, give
bestow - Page 3 - She meant to bestow a gift.
Read Chapters
1 – 3 pages 3 – 22 - Listen to audio.
Answer Comprehension Questions
Discuss setting of Ella Enchanted.
Lesson 2
Go over parts of a castle
Activity – Castle Cake
Lesson
3
Vocabulary Word – tarry
tarry - to delay or be late in going, coming, or doing, dally, delay,
drag, dwell, goof around, hang around, lag, linger, lose time, monkey around,
pause, procrastinate, put off, stall, stay, stick around, stop over, wait
tarry - Page 28 - "Best not tarry, little mistress," Bertha said.
Read Chapter 4 pages 23 – 32 – Read in small groups.
Activity – Necklaces
Lesson 4
Review vocabulary words
Read Chapters 5 – 6 pages 33 – 45 – Read in small groups.
Answer Comprehension Questions
Finish necklaces.
Lesson
5
Vocabulary Word – menagerie
menagerie - a collection of live wild animals on exhibition
menagerie - Page 49 - On our way out of the menagerie, Char said, "Tonight I shall triple the guard around the ogres. And soon I shall catch a centaur and give it to you."
Read Chapters 7-9 pages 46 – 65 – Read in small groups.
Answer Comprehension Questions
Activity – Draw creatures from book ogres, gnomes, centaur
Lesson
6
Vocabulary Word – succumb
succumb - to submit to an overpowering force or yield to an overwhelming
desire; give up or give in, surrender
succumb - Page 66 - If I didn't succumb to starvation, I would be here for a long time, with hateful mistresses and with Hattie ordering me about.
Vocabulary Worksheet
Read Chapters 10-12 pages 66 – 87 – Read in small groups.
Answer Comprehension Questions
Continue drawings from Lesson 5.
Lesson
7
Vocabulary Word – ravenous
ravenous - extremely hungry, famished, starving
ravenous - I was surprised I could eat, but I was ravenous.
Read Chapters 13-15 pages 88 – 111 - Listen to audio.
Answer Comprehension Questions
Activity – Begin making tapestries.
Lesson
8
Vocabulary Word – toil
toil - to labor continuously; work strenuously, work hard, plug away,
toil
toil - Page 113 - "Is Char a 'toiling prince'?"
Page 119 - "Toiling knights are also diplomats," I said.
Read Chapters 16-18 pages 112 – 134 - Listen to audio.
Answer Comprehension Questions
Activity – Continue making tapestries.
Lesson
9
Vocabulary Word – irrefutable
irrefutable - impossible to refute or disprove; incontrovertible,
unquestionable, convincing, certain, convincing, undeniable
irrefutable - Page 137 - "Your logic is irrefutable, although its foundation isn't sound" Father smiled.
Read Chapters 19-21 pages 135 – 156 - Listen to audio.
Answer Comprehension Questions – Read in small groups.
Activity – Continue making tapestries or make mask to wear to masquerade ball.
Lesson
10
Vocabulary Word – obstinate
obstinate - Difficult to manage, control, or subdue, determined,
stubborn, fixed, pigheaded, inflexible, adamant
obstinate - Page 166 - "Are you certain you want her, if she's so obstinate?"
Read Chapters 22-23 pages 157 – 171 - Listen to audio.
Activity – Continue making tapestries or make mask to wear to masquerade ball.
Lesson 11
Review vocabulary
Read Chapters 24 pages 172 – 182 - Listen to audio.
Answer Comprehension Questions
Activity – Continue making tapestries or make mask to wear to masquerade ball.
Lesson
12
Vocabulary Word – absurdity
absurdity - Ridiculously inappropriate or unreasonable, irrationality,
silliness, ludicrousness, meaninglessness
absurdity - When Hattie told me that this earl or that duke loved her, I laughed over the absurdity of it to him.
Read Chapter 25 pages 183 – 194 – Read in small groups.
Activity – Make shields, swords, and helmets.
Lesson 13
Review vocabulary words
Read Chapters 26-27 pages 195 – 232 - Listen to audio.
Answer Comprehension Questions
Activity – Continue making shields, swords, and helmets.
Lesson
14
Vocabulary Word – interrogate
interrogate - To examine by questioning formally or officially,
interview, cross-examine, quiz, grill
interrogate - Page 217 - She proceeded to pump me about my family and circumstances, pressing me until I said, "I hadn't thought it was the custom here to interrogate visitors."
Vocabulary Worksheet
Read Chapters 28-29 pages 206 – 232 - Listen to audio.
Answer Comprehension Questions
Take AR Test (Worth 8.0 points)