The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon 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. Trivia Game

Split the class into two teams, and have one student asking questions. Use questions from the multiple choice section of this study guide or come up with new ones. Have the student ask a question, and the first team to have one of its members raise their hand, gets to answer. If they answer correctly, award them one point. For an incorrect answer, give them no points and let the other team have a chance to answer. Team members may...
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