Charming Billy | 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. A Wake for Billy

Have the students hold their own wake for Billy complete with food and beverages at an appropriate and convenient location.

2. Long Island House Diorama

Much important activity in the book occurs in the Long Island house. Create a diorama of the house as you envision it.

3. McDermott's Laptop

Imagine that you could have a conversation with McDermott's laptop. What do you think it would say? What questions would you ask?

4. Billy's Trip to Ireland

Billy...
(read more)