Bright and Morning Star 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. Acting

Have students act out one scene of the story.

2. Scriptwriting

Write one scene in the story into a movie script.

3. The 1950's

Research the 1950s and learn what types of clothes people wore.

4. Sue and Booker Meet in the Afterlife

Write a conversation between Sue and Booker when they meet in the afterlife.

5. Playing Psychiatrist

Have the students choose one character to conduct a psychiatric evaluation of and come up with a diagnosis.

6. Music

Choose several...
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