Daughter of Fortune | 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. Daughter of Fortune: The Movie

Cast the roles of Eliza, Jeremy, Rose, John, Tao, Jacob, Joe Bonecrusher, Joaquin, and Mama Fresia using famous celebrities. Because characters age throughout the novel, feel free to cast them at any point in the story. For example, Rose could be a woman in her twenties or in her early forties.

2. Soundtrack

Pretend you are a music director. For any ten chapters, think of a song that you feel represents the mood or ideas portrayed.

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