Hoot (novel) | 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. Painting

In Chapter 1, Roy describes his previous home Montana, as being picturesque. Using Roy's description, students should do an original painting and share it with the class.

2. Paper-mache Project

The burrowing owls are an important object in this book. Students should research the appearance or the burrowing owl and create their own life sized paper-mache replica of the bird.

3. Creative Writing Assignment

In the novel, Mullet Fingers mentions a letter Beatrice sent to the Mother Paula Corporation...
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