The Beginning of Spring | 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. The Introduction of Characters

Class members are to assume the role of a character of their choosing from within The Beginning of Spring. They are then to orally introduce the other significant characters in the tale to the class.

2. Ask the Author

Class members are to reflect on their reading of The Beginning of Spring and any questions that came to them during that endeavor. Penelope Fitzgerald passed away in April of 2000, but students shall compile questions they would ask...
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