The Autobiography of Mark Twain | 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. The Lyceum

Hold a lecture circuit in the class where everyone writes and presents a lecture that would be typical of something found on "The Lyceum."

2. Sketch Books

Twain wrote a few books that were primarily sketches from his life. Have each student write about a few experiences or sketches from his/her life to put in a book of this nature.

3. Senses List

Twain loved to be in nature and let it affect all of his senses. Have...
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