The Fire Next Time 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. Letter

The students write a letter to one of the characters in the book, asking specific questions and stating concerns that they discover while reading.

2. Poem

The students write a poem to show their affective experience to the book.

3. Acting

The students choose a scenario to act out that is somehow related to the message of the book.

4. Your opinion of the book

What are your opinions of the book? Do you like it? Do you agree with it?...
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