The Nine Tailors: Changes Rung on an Old Theme in Two Short Touches and Two Full Peals 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. Be a Bellringer

Using at least two hand bells, prepare a bell ringing demonstration for the rest of the class such as the New Year peal in which Lord Peter participates.

2. Be a Puzzler

Using names of people and/or terms from Dorothy L. Sayers novel, The Nine Tailors, create a word search or crossword puzzle. Share your puzzle with the rest of the class.

3. Cast a Movie

Imagine you're a movie director casting a movie version of the...
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