Cyrano de Bergerac | 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. Christian's Letters

Have students write five letters that "Christian" wrote to Roxane during the Siege at Arras. These should deal with the realities of the battle and the poetic truth of his love for Roxane.

2. Music

Cyrano finds inspiration from music, both in love and in battle. Assign the students to bring two songs into class: one that they think of when they think Love and one for Battle. Play them over the course of the class.

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