Shoeless Joe | 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. Movie Comparison

Watch the movie Field of Dreams. Compare and contrast the movie and the novel, Shoeless Joe.

2. Soundtrack

Design a soundtrack to go with the novel. What songs would you include? Why?

3. Alternative book jacket

Design an alternative book jacket with the following elements:

· Front cover- title and author and an illustration

· Back cover- summary of novel and reviews
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