Black Dogs | 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. Dramatic Reading Contest

Have students read aloud the argument June and Bernard have in Jeremy's imagination. When they come to the end of it, they are to continue the argument by ad-libbing it. A few pairs of students will do this and the best will be voted for.

2. Poem

Write a poem describing June's encounter with the two dogs.

3. Creative Writing

Write a 4-5 paragraph short story having Bernard be the one who encounters the two dogs on...
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