The Sky Is Gray | 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. Tooth Ache

Write a short story explaining an experience you or someone you know has had with a tooth ache or with a dentist. Did you or the person you know have a similar situation as James? Was there a tooth ache involved? Were you or the person in the story scared of going to the dentist? Why or why not?

2. Man or Woman of the House

James' mother was trying to prepare him for the real...
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