Bitter Fruit | 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. Author Investigation

Research the life of Achmat Dangor and write a short report of his biography.

2. The Apartheid

Do some research on the apartheid that happened in South Africa prior to the era that this novel was set. Then, write a short report explaining how the apartheid affected the characters in the novel, and whether or not Dangor did a good job of expressing the effects apartheid can have on a country.

3. Poetry

Many artists have written beautiful poetry about...
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