From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler | 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. TV Report

Be a TV or radio reporter and record your favorite scene from the novel as if you are reporting live on the scene.

2. Summarizing

Write a one sentence summary of each chapter and illustrate the sentence. Compile these into a booklet form to summarize the entire text.

3. Bookmark

Make a bookmark for this book. The front of the bookmark should have an illustration related to the book and the back should provide a summary of the...
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