Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind: A Novel 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. MISS JULIA SPEAKS HER MIND Soundtrack

Research the music of the 1990s, especially in North Carolina and create a CD to share with the class.

2. Write a Film Script

Write a movie script based on the novel.

3. Dinner with Ann B. Ross

Imagine that you could have dinner with Ann B. Ross and some of the characters from the novel. Where would you have it? Who would you invite? What would you eat? What would you talk...
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