Along Came a Spider 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. Guest speaker

Have someone from the local Secret Service office come and speak to the class about how investigations are conducted.

2. Crossword puzzle

Create a crossword puzzle based on the book.

3. Read movie reviews

Read movie reviews of Along Came a Spider and determine if you think the main character is going to be portrayed well by the star who is in the role of Cross.

4. Book review

Write a book review that would make other people want to...
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