The Jew of Malta | 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. What's He Like?

Choose one character from the play and then choose a word closely associated with that character. For instance, the word for Ferneze might be "governor" or the word for Barabas might be "gold." Describe the character using adjectives that begin with the first letters of the associated word. For instance, for Barabas, gold would begin: G--greedy; O--obsessive etc.

2. Traveling Abroad

What was the average size of the Spanish and Turkish ships? How many men did they carry?...
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