The Crying of Lot 49 | 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. Movie poster

Make a poster advertising The Crying of Lot 49 as a movie. Use symbols, concepts and themes from the novel on your poster. Who would star in the movie? What would be its rating?

2. Graphic comic

Take one of the scenes from The Crying of Lot 49 and draw a graphic comic with dialogue. (Example: When Oedipa and Metzger go to The Scope and meet Mike Fallopian)

3. Blog

Write a blog with several posts for...
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