A Girl Named Disaster Activities & Classroom Projects

Fun Classroom Activities

The 20 enjoyable, interactive classroom activities that are included will help your students understand the text in amusing ways. Fun Classroom Activities include group projects, games, critical thinking activities, brainstorming sessions, writing poems, drawing or sketching, and more that will allow your students to interact with each other, be creative, and ultimately grasp key concepts from the text by "doing" rather than simply studying.

1. African Stories

There are many traditional African stories told in this book. Split the class into groups and assign each group one of these stories. Have each group create a children's book about the story and the moral.

2. Nhamo's Treasures

Have the students create a collage that represents Nhamo's treasures and their symbolic meaning.

3. African Lexicon

Have the students create dictionaries with all the African terms from this book and their meanings. Illustrations can be added to...
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