Shooting an Elephant 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. Poetry

Have each student select a character from one of the essays, and then write a poem from that character's point of view. The poem should contain enough identifying details that the reader of the poem is able to tell from which character's point of view it was written.

2. Diary

Have each student select a character from the one of essays, and write a diary entry from that character's point of view. The diary entry should contain enough identifying details that...
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