Travel The World With Jack and Annie

During Drake's independent reading with The Magic Tree House series (Mary Pope Osborne) he hes been whisked away on grand adventures with Jack and Annie. These adventures have led him to different times in history across the world and introduced him to some very memorable characters. He has two chalenging projects to do with this unit,(both ideas taken from a handout from Random House Children's Books),along with a book report and an original illustration on each independent book.

Travel The World With Jack and Annie
((For the first project you will need a world map -- separating into two parts is a good idea -- as they will be writing on it. - 1st part North America & South America 2nd part Europe, Asia, Africa & Australia.))

1. He is praticing Latitude & Longitude while mapping the Title and setting of each story on his map.
2. He is writing one important Fact - taken from the book.

((( Second Project is making a timeline of All Jack and Annie's adventures - to save space I am adding that information to the far right of each book #, put in < >. This is where the illustrations come into play -- He puts them on his timeline.)))


#1 Dinosaurs Before Dark ***North America - Montana <65 Million years ago>

#2 The Knight At Dawn ***Europe - England <5th - 16th Century A.D.>

#3 Mummies In The Morning ***Africa - Egypt <5,000 years ago>

#4 Pirates Past Noon ***North America - Caribbean Sea

#5 Night Of The Ninjas ***Asia - Japan <14th - 17th Century A.D.>

#6 Afternoon On The Amazon ***South America -Amazon

#7 Sunset Of The Sabertooth ***Europe - France <25,000 Years ago>

#8 Midnight On The Moon ***Solar System - Moon

#9 Dolphins At Daybreak ***Oceans - Pacific

#10 Ghost Town At Sundown ***North America - Rattlesnake Flats

#11 Lions At Lunchtime ***Africa - Kenya

#12 Polar Bears Past Bedtime ***North America -Arctic

#13 Vacation Under the Volcano ***Europe - Pompeii

#14 Day of The Dragon King ***Asia - China <221 B.C.>

#15 Viking Ships at Sunrise ***Europe - Ireland <9th Century A.D.>

#16 Hour of the Olympics ***Europe - Greece <776 B.C. -A.D. 394>

#17 Tonight on the Titanic ***Oceans - Atlantic

#18 Buffalo Before Breakfast ***North America -Praries

#19 Tigers at Twilight ***Asia - India

#20 Dingoes at Dinnertime ***Australia - Australia

#21 Civil War on Sunday ***North America - Virginia

#22 Revolutionary War on Wednesday ***North America - Delaware River

#23 Twister on Tuesday ***North America - Kansas

#24 Earthquake in The Early Morning *** North America - San Francisco

#25 Stage Fright on a Summer Night ***Europe - England

#26 Good Morning, Gorillas ***Africa - Cloud Forest

#27 Thanksgiving on Thursday ***North America - Plymouth Bay

#28 High Tide in Hawaii ***North America - Hawaii

#29 Christmas in Camelot ***Europe - British Isles

#30 Haunted Castle on Hallows Eve ***

#31 Summer of the Sea Serpent ***

#32 Winter of the Ice Wizzard ***

#33 Carnival at Candelight ***Europe - Venice <18th Century A.D.>

#34 Season of the Sandstorms ***Asia - Baghdad

#35 Night of the New Magicians ***Europe - Paris

#36 Blizzard of the Blue Moon ***North America - New York City

#37 Dragon of the Red Dawn ***Asia - Japan


These are Wonderful activities for Drake -- he is 8 and we are really working on organization skills. He is able to do a small part each week (which he has to keep track of) and organize it into a larger assignment.

Here is a link to The Magic Tree House website. There is a "Readers and Writers Club" tab. It is a very well organized and teaches the concepts of characters, setting, details and plot. This is a wonderful addition to strengthen early writing skills.

http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/magictreehouse/?ds=1