Goblin Market | 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. Goblin Men

Draw a picture of the goblin men, according to how they are described in Goblin Market.

2. Christina Rossetti's Life

Read the history of Christina Rossetti's life. Discuss in what ways her life story can corroborate the meanings of the poems, but not influence how they are read; in other words, discuss whether or not a poet's life determines the meaning of the poem, or if the poem itself does.

3. Scansion: Dream Land

Have students perform a scansion...
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