The Hobbit 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. Puns

The word "hobbit" can be used for many puns involving the word "habit" and its derivatives. See how many students can invent. These puns can be used for slogans in posters about The Hobbit or in encouraging people to read the book (e.g. "Tolkien is hobbit-forming!")

2. Dragons

Use the information given about Smaug in The Hobbit to create an encyclopedia entry about dragons: their habitat, appearance, behavior, diet and so forth. Don't forget to include a picture!