Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited 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. Your Autobiography

Write your own autobiography.

2. The Aristocratic Life

Draw a picture of Nabokov as a young aristocrat.

3. Mom

Compare yourself to your mom or the mother figure in your life in a short essay.

4. Your Ancestors

Talk to your family members and research your family's history. Write a one-page history of your family.

5. Your Teachers

Nabokov and his brother go through a series of nannies, governesses, and tutors. List the teachers you have had growing up and...
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