The Arcades Project | 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. Wheel of Fortune

Play a game of Wheel of Fortune using quotes from the text.

2. Alternate languages

Bring in a copy of the book in either German or French and read an excerpt aloud in class.

3. The translators

Research the efforts made by the translators Howard Eiland and Kevin McLaughlin who translated the book from German.

4. Bring in art

Bring in a piece of art that reminds you of the book and write a short paragraph explaining how you...
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