Focus:
Students will learn that the Adventures of Don Quixote was originally written in the early 1600s by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra—generally referred to as “Cervantes”( sər-ˈvan-ˌtēz)—who lived in Spain. This work represents a very popular genre of books read and enjoyed by many people during this period, books that recounted fantastic adventures, brave deeds, and fanciful romances of various fictitious knights. Cervantes, however, wrote Adventures of Don Quixote to poke fun at this genre of books, which were inspired by true accounts of the exploits and exploration of knights, or soldiers, who lived during the Middle Ages.
This unit also provides explicit instruction in reading, writing, morphology, grammar, and spelling.
Note: This unit uses Adventures of Don Quixote, Text copyright © 1979 by Argentina Palacios. Illustrations copyright © 1999 by Dover Publications, Inc. Reprinted by permission of Dover Publications, Inc. This is not available as a free download. Schools will need to purchase this book.
Number of Lessons: 15
Instruction Time:
90 minutes (Each lesson may be divided into shorter segments.)
Additional Search Terms:
subject-action verb • structure and elements of a persuasive essay • pronoun • suffix • opinion vs. fact • introductory paragraph • compare and contrast • concluding paragraph • commas
