Dream on Monkey Mountain 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. Names

What is so significant about the names of the characters in this story? What do Makak's and Caiphus's names represent? Why would Walcott choose to name his characters these particular things? Ask students to rename the characters in Walcott's story and describe why they chose those names. This activity is intended to be entertaining.

2. Visualization

Draw a picture on poster board of what you think the prison looks like based on the narrator's description.

3. Group Therapy

Break students up...
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