Down and Out in Paris and London 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. Short Story

Write a short story of the poverty in your own area.

2. Biography

Write Orwell's biography.

3. 500 words

Summarize the novel in 500 words.

4. Choose a Character

Choose one of the characters in the novel and think about what that character wears and how they move and talk. Find some clothes that you think that character would wear and come into class talking and acting like him or her.

5. Plan Your Own Film

In groups of five...
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