Between the Acts | 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. Short Story

Research life in England during the time period in which "Between the Acts" is set. Compose a short story that is set during that time.

2. Alternate Ending/Epilogue

Have students rewrite the end of the novel so that it concludes differently, or, write an epilogue which further explains what happens to the characters after the end of the novel.

3. Costume Design

In the pageant which takes place in "Between the Acts", many characters take to the stage. A few...
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