In Cold Blood | 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. Letter Writing

Have the students write letters from one person in In Cold Blood to another. In this case, the students could write jail letters or letters from the killers to the victims apologizing.

2. Conclusion

Have the students write a different conclusion to the book. Have them share their conclusions with the class and take a class vote on who wrote the best alternate conclusion for the book.

3. Book Jackets

Have the students design a new and exciting...
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