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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. Looking at the Washington Post Today

Have students find a copy of the Washington Post today to see what they think of it. Are there anything they would change about the paper?

2. The Student's Favorite Newspaper

Have students come to class with their favorite publication, preferably a newspaper. Have students get up in front of the class to describe why they enjoy the paper so much.

3. A Newspaper Article about Kay Graham

Have students write a short 500-word...
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