The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica | 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. Postcards

Create a postcard featuring an image from one of the locations described in this novel. Write a message on the back to a character about your time spent in this place.

2. Birthday Present

Using catalogs, magazines and the internet, select three presents you would give the narrator for her birthday. Include a paragraph explaining why you selected what you did.

3. Apartment Hunter

Pretend you are an agent helping the narrator and her family select a new apartment....
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