Entertaining Mr. Sloane | 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. Tabloids

Both British and American tabloids are rife with stories similar to that of Entertaining Mr Sloane--not to mention interview shows like Ricki Lake, etc.
Given the importance of "keeping up appearances," ask students to bring in a tabloid clipping which relates to the subjects of Entertaining Mr Sloane. Families which seem "normal" on the surface, but are seething with a murky under-layer are fodder for most yellow journalism.

2. Diary of a Character

Ask the students to write a one-page...
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