Elsewhere 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. Art in Multiple Mediums

Have the students create a piece of art in any medium that portrays one of the basic themes of the book. Have different groups do different themes, and then have the class view all the different works.

2. News Parallels

Instruct the students to bring in an article from the newspaper that has a story that reminds them of something that happens in the book.

3. Elsewhere Pamphlet

Have the students create an instructional pamphlet or video...
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