Write your own story about being in Camelot. Make a hilt out of another piece of paper. Fold one sheet of paper over, length-wise, 3 or 4 times to make the blade. What do you think some advantages of living like they do in Camelot would be? How would riding horses instead of cars help, or hurt? How would living in a castle instead of a city help, or hurt? Why do you think the kids are given clues in rhyme form? How does this help them? Have you ever used a rhyme to help you remember information, like for a test? What does it mean to be a knight? Who in our world is similar to a knight? What are ways you can keep legends alive? What is the difference between a story and a legend? What is a legend? How is it different from a story, or the truth? Where do you think legends come from?ĭiscussion topics for during/after reading: What is a wizard? What are some different wizards you know about? What do wizards do? Are there good and bad wizards? Where have you heard of this before? What do you think it’s like? How is it different from our world?
Have you ever read a Magic Tree House book? What was it like? Have you ever seen a tree house or played in one?ĭo you have any magical places you go where you use your imagination? Looking at the cover of the book, is Camelot near where you live? Is it a real place?ĭoes Camelot look like somewhere you can visit now, in the future, or in the past? Have you ever heard of Camelot or King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table? What do you know about them? Begin at chapter one and read as far as you can until 11:00. This is a chapter book, but the text is not dense and it should read quickly. As in every story in the sequence, Jack and Annie bravely plunge into their quest, learning about a culture and time very far removed from their own, and prove once again that children can make a difference.
Fans of the beloved, highly readable series by Mary Pope Osborne will rise to the challenge of this longer, more complex companion to her other titles, which include Earthquake in the Early Morning and Twister on Tuesday. If they fail, Camelot will be forgotten forever. In this special hardcover addition to the bestselling Magic Tree House series, the young adventurers must travel to the Otherworld, an "ancient, enchanted land beyond the edge of the Earth, the place where all magic began" to save Camelot from dark wizard Mordred's evil spell. Grade Level: 5th (GLCs: Click here for grade level guidelines.)Ī cup, a compass, a key: the magic tree house has brought siblings Annie and Jack to Camelot, where they embark on a mysterious mission to find these enigmatic gifts. 280 kids attended our May clubs! Click here to see who volunteered.
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