King Lear | 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. Create a Boardgame

Create a board game based on the play.

2. Acting

Act out a scene or the entire play for the class or the parents. Be sure to include scenery and costumes for the presentation.

3. Create a movie poster

Create a movie poster for the film version of King Lear. Make sure you include main characters on the poster.

4. Write a eulogy

Write a eulogy for one of the characters in the play who dies. Make sure that...
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