The Murders in the Rue Morgue | 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. Find an Epigraph

If you were writing your own memoirs or autobiography, what epigraph might you choose to include? Find a piece of literature or create your own epigraph and share it with the rest of the class. Explain how this epigraph relates to your life.

2. Recommend a Book

The Narrator and Dupin love to spend time reading books. Choose a book you think the two would enjoy and share it with the class. Explain why you chose this book and...
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