J. R. R. Tolkien: A Biography 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. THE HOBBIT

Read this book. Write a comparison essay between Bilbo Baggins and Ronald Tolkien. What about the book makes it so successful?

2. THE LORD OF THE RINGS

Read these books. Do you consider them one book? Could they be a trilogy? How do they relate to the characters and events in THE HOBBIT? What about this story makes it so successful?

3. THE HOBBIT: the Movie

Watch this movie. Write a comparison between the movie and the book.

4. THE...
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