A House Divided | 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. Yuan's Poetry

Imagine that you are Yuan and have just escaped to the countryside, where you enjoy writing in solitude. Write a poem that you think Yuan would write. Give a presentation to the class that includes your reasoning behind the poem. What does the poem symbolize to Yuan? What is it about, and why did you choose that particular theme?

2. Yuan and Ai-lan's Differences

Though they are siblings, Yuan and Ai-lan are very different. Draw or collage a representation of...
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