Stormy Weather 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. If you were Max

If you were Max, what would you do if you were abducted? Would you escape? How? Would you stay? Why? Tell your story to the class.

2. Storm Watch

On the weather channel, find a Storm Watch episode. Watch it and tell the class what you saw, relating it to the book somehow.

3. Which President?

Research who was the President of the U.S. during Hurricane Andrew? Did he visit the sights? How often? What did the...
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