In order to keep track of the characters better, we went to the internet and spent 5 minutes finding and printing out pictures of people who looked like we imagine the characters to be. We cut them out and pasted them to a large paper and wrote the character names underneath. Then we read chapter 3 out loud together.
Next I got out my version of How to Read Literature Like a Professor and read chapter one out loud to Sophie. We made another color chart documenting the main points of chapter one (the 5 basic elements of quest literature). We put that on the wall. then I asked Sophie about her favorite movies. She identified all of the 5 requisite parts for a quest novel and determined that most of the movies she sees are quest movies too. We looked at Mr. Hamilton's questions on quest literature. Sophie did a great job. I brought cheerios and milk just in case but she had eaten breakfast and was ready to work. She did a great job and was bright and articulate.