Spunk | 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. Newspaper

Have students compose a town newsletter alerting everyone to what residents are up to. It is up to the students to decide what articles the paper should include and which characters should write them.

2. Collage

Have students break up into groups and create collages using magazines, newspapers, and any other materials to depict the lives of Hurston's characters.

3. Shout Out

Collect significant terms from the story such as spunk, razor, saw, etc. Tell the class you are going to...
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