The Lady with the Pet Dog 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. Film

There are several film adaptations released of The Lady with the Pet Dog. The latest of these is a German film titled, "Die Dame mit dem Hündchen." Give students time in class to watch excerpts of the film and write about the differences in the adaptation.

2. Cast the Film

Ask students to imagine the novella were being adapted to an American film in today's age. Who would they cast as Anna? Who as Gurov? Why?

3. Modernize the Text

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