Good Night, Mr. Tom 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. My Favorite Part.

Choose a memorable passage from the text. Put it on an index card. Read it aloud to the class using inflection in your voice. Explain why the passage is memorable.

2. Thematic Collage

Create a collage on 11 x 14 paper illustrating the theme of the novel.

3. Front Page News

Create the front page of a newspaper showing events of WWII. Also include in it a clipping concerning Weirwold that you have written.

4. Best Novel Ever!

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