Independence Day | 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. Sportswriter

Frank used to be a big city sportswriter but his career ends. Imagine that you can pick up where Frank left off and become a sportswriter and create some articles, blogs, newscasts, etc. based on the technology you have available.

2. Frank Bascombe Novels

Ford wrote a series of three novels with Frank Bascombe as the main character: The Sportswriter, Independence Day, and The Lay of the Land. Read the other two novels and see what else you can discover about...
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