The Light in the Forest | 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. Model

Using modeling clay and/or other household items, create a model of a scene, structure, or object from this book, such as the Lenni Lenape Village or Fort Pitt.

2. Crossword Puzzle

Make a crossword using an online crossword program. Give clues from the story.

3. Prediction

Write another chapter to the book and predict what True Son will do next and what results it will have in his life.

4. Drama

Break students into groups of two or three and ask...
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