Girl, Interrupted | 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. Watch the Movie

Have students watch the movie that was based on the book, "Girl Interrupted" and see what differences there may have been in the translation.

2. What is Your Diagnosis?

Have students each come up with their own diagnosis to find out where they might fit into the ward, if at all.

3. The Current Thought on Borderline Personality Disorder

Have students do some research to find out what the current description of and treatment for borderline personality is.

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