The Interior Castle | 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. Picture This

Make sketches or paintings of what you imagine Teresa's castle to look like and share them with the class.

2. Oddballs

Make a list of people in history who, like Teresa of Avila, were considered odd because of their outspokenness or bizarre behavior

3. Examine a Crystal

Have someone bring a crystal talisman to class and discuss why the crystal has been considered powerful magic almost since man began walking the earth

4. Superstitions

Collect descriptions of superstitions and share...
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