The Mosquito Coast | 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. Act Out a Scene

Team up with someone and choose a dialogue from the novel to act out. Each student should play a single character and act out the dialogue for the class. It should just be about a minute long or maybe less. Be as dramatic as you like.

2. Trivia Game

Split the class into two teams and have one student asking questions. Use questions from the multiple choice section of this study guide or come up with new ones....
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