The Hunt for Red October | 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. Trial

Pretend you are an attorney and you are prosecuting one of the spies from the novel for crimes against their country. Prepare your case in a written argument.

2. Diorama

Make a shoe box diorama of a scene from the book. Include a written paragraph explaining both the scene and why it was important to the novel.

3. Monologue

Use a CD or tape recorder to record a monologue you would make as a diary entry or something similar pretending that...
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