Letters of E. B. White 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. Choose the Decade

Based on the book's settings, choose one of the decades that EB. White talks about in his letter (20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, or 70s) and write about 3 things that you found interesting about that era. Describe what kind of an experience you think it would be to live in that time period. Would you like it? Why or why not?

2. Interview with an Author

Write out an interview with E.B. White, including both the questions and...
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