Lucy | 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. LUCY Soundtrack

Research the music of the mid-20th century in America and create a CD to share with the class. Be sure to include some calypso music as a recognition of Lucy's island heritage.

2. Write a Film Script

Write a movie script based on the novel.

3. Dinner with Jamaica Kincaid

Imagine that you could have dinner with Jamaica Kincaid and some of the characters from the novel. Where would you have it? Who would you invite? What...
(read more)