Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses 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. Scent Memory

Create a word web with a scent in the middle circle. Every other circle should be filled in with memories associated with that scent.

2. Your Own Book

If you were to write a book, what would it be about? Why? Who would you want to collaborate with you? Why?

3. Metamorphosis

Draw a piece of fruit. Now draw an animal or human. Create three more drawings showing the fruit slowly morphing into the...
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