The Kite Runner 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. Time Line

Create a time line using words and pictures that clearly presents the main events as they occurred throughout The Kite Runner.

2. Poetry

Write acrostic poems for five of the main characters of this book where the poem itself describes in depth the character's traits, emotions, experiences, or other types of unique features.

3. Artistic

Create a picture through any medium of your choice (e.g., paint, pencil, charcoal) of a key scene from the book. Write a short synopsis...
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