I, Juan de Pareja | 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. Art Show

Have the students each create a work of personal art and display it all together. Discuss why creating things like this would be so appealing to a person like Juan.

2. Artist Review

Display some famous works by the artists that are talked about in this book. Have an expert talk about what made these artists and their work so famous.

3. Don Diego's Masterpieces

Display some of Don Diego's masterpieces. Have the students write a response...
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