Friend of My Youth | 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. Friends of My Youth Soundtrack

Research the music of the late-20th century, especially in Canada, and create a CD to share with the class.

2. Write a Film Script

Write a movie script based on one of the stories in the book.

3. Dinner with Alice Munro

Imagine that you could have dinner with Alice Munro and some of the characters from her stories. Where would you have it? Who would you invite? What would you eat? What would...
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