Kafka Was the Rage: A Greenwich Village Memoir 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. Collage

Give students an opportunity to create a collage based on one of the narrative from the text, including key words, imagery and concepts.

2. Book Reviews

Give students the opportunity to research one of the well known book reviews written by Anatole Broyard for the New York Times. Students may present the review to the class along with discussion.

3. Other Works

Give students the opportunity to research one of the other works (novels or memoirs) written by Anatole Broyard and...
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