The Book of Evidence | 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

Create a newspaper from the time Montgomery is a fugitive. Include obituaries, top news stories (examples from events in the novel), and weather. All information must come from within the novel.

2. Comic Strip

Create a comic strip of the novel. The pictures must be colored with dialogue focusing on the intrinsic points in the plot.

3. Book Review

Create a book review. Include an introduction, a brief summary without giving away the ending, and a conclusion with...
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