Sarah, Plain and Tall
Chapter 1 Activities
1. Anna describes the praire in chapter 1 as, "Outside the prairie reached out and
touched the places where the sky came down."
Learn about the Kansas prairie.
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http://www.ukans.edu/heritage/prairie/
http://spuds.agron.ksu.edu/
2. Write an advertisement in for a newspaper. Pretend you have two children. You
are a widow or widower and you are looking for a spouse.
3. Research mail order brides. Do we have mail order brides today?
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Chapter 2 Activities
1. Sarah describes herself as plain and tall. Think of two words to describe yourself.
Write these words down on index cards. Have someone take up all the cards in the
classroom. Then the teacher reads the words to the class. Everyone is to guess
who the words are describing.
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Chapter 3 Activities
1. Patricia MacLachlan describes both the Kansas prairie and the Maine coast.
Below you will find some of her comparisons. Can you write some more of your
own?
Prairie
Sea
green grass fields that bloomed with
Indian paintbrush, red and orange, and
blue-eyed grass p. 16
gulls fly high and drop the shells on
the rocks below p. 20
gophers ran back and forth across the
road p. 17
the sea washes over and over and
around the stone, rolling it until it is
round and perfect p. 20
off in the field a wood chuck ate and
listened p. 17
far off the cows moved slowly to the
pond, like turtles p. 18