Death of an Expert Witness 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. Television Reporter

As a television reporter, provide coverage of Dr. Lorrimer's death on the scene. Include interviews with Howarth, Dalgliesh, and Primore.

2. Screenplay

Write a screenplay of the scene between Dr. Lorrimer and Dr. Kerrison just before Kerrison kills Lorrimer. Have the students act it out.

3. Character Pictures

Have everyone bring in pictures cut from magazines that illustrate their idea of what Brenda, Lorrimer, Dr. Kerrison, Nell Kerrison, Adam Dalgliesh, Massingham, Domenica, and Howarth look like. Have...
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