Beside the Ocean of Time | 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. Book Cover

Design a book cover for "Beside the Ocean of Time." Capture the message and tone of the book with both graphic and text choices.

2. Press Release

Write a press release announcing the book's publication. What are the selling factors which will appeal to readers? Who is it written for? Why is its style? What about the author might encourage someone to pick the book up?

3. Book Review

Imagine you are a book critic for the paper in the...
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