Nights at the Circus | 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. Clowning

In groups of four develop your own clown act.

2. Give an Interview

Interview a member of your family or a friend about their life and write it up as a newspaper article.

3. Presentation

Research one the circus acts in the book, looking at its origins, its development and training and devise a five minute presentation of your findings.

4. A Script

Develop of the scenes in the book into a script and perform the script in class with your...
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