Dog Stories | 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. Book on Tape

Find a recording of this book on tape and play it for the class. Have the students write about how it feels to hear some of these stories from the author's point of view.

2. Theatrics

Prepare a script of some of these stories, and perform them, or a portion of them for an audience. Make sure everyone is involved, whether they have a speaking part, arrange costumes, prepare set pieces, etc.

3. Professional Visitor

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