Across Five Aprils 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. Punishments

The end to Guy Wortman and his gang is not revealed in the book. Have the students come up with some form of (appropriate) punishment that would repay him for all the horrible things he did to the characters in the book.

2. News Parallels

Bring in an article from the newspaper that has a story that reminds you of something that happens in the book.

3. Art in Multiple Mediums

Create a piece of art in any medium that...
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