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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. Power Soccer

On the internet, watch a game of power soccer. Even though Shawn could not play power soccer on his own, notice the quality of life people in wheel chairs may have.

2. Assume the Gift

Decide that for five minutes you have the gift of total auditory recall. After the five minutes are up, try to recall everything you heard and write it down, then pay homage to Shawn's great power.

3. Cartooning

With pen or pencil and paper, draw...
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