A Grain of Wheat | 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. Survival Guide

Write a guide to help the Kenyans survive the process of independence.

2. Comic

Turn a chapter of "A Grain of Wheat" into a comic.

3. Word Search

Make a word search featuring the words in this novel that are not in English.

4. Love Triangle Map

Create a visual to help sort out the different love triangles in "A Grain of Wheat." Consider how the characters are related to each other.

5. Political Cartoon

Draw a political cartoon that...
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