The Liars' Club 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. interviews

Imagine that a reporter has come to Leechfield to interview one of the members of Mary's family for the newspaper. Create a list of 10 questions that the reporter might ask this family, and imagine the family member's answers. Or, alternately, you may research to find one professional interview in which Mary Karr remembers and discusses her childhood. What information is provided in this interview that is not provided in the memoir?

2. Book Reviews

Do some research on reviews for...
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