The Gift: Poems by the Great Sufi Master 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. A New Book Cover for Hafiz

Have students come up with a new book cover for THE GIFT which might encompass the ideas and themes in the poetry.

2. An Author Bio

Have students create a picture and an author bio for Hafiz as might be found on the back cover.

3. A New Poem for Hafiz

Have each student write a poem to Hafiz in order to show appreciation for his poetry.

4. Changing a Hafiz Poem

Instead of using Hafiz's...
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