The Homecoming 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. Become a Casting Director

Become a casting director for an upcoming production of "The Homecoming." Select actors and actresses from television and movies, and cast the roles of Max, Joey, Lenny, Sam, Ruth, and Teddy. Explain why you have chosen each actor, based on both their physical characteristics and the kinds of roles they have played in the past.

2. Pitch this Play to a Producer

For an upcoming production of this play to open on Broadway, you will need money to...
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