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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. Map of Origins

For US and Australian students:

Unless you are an indigenous person, your ancestors will have traveled to the country from somewhere else.

On a map of the world affix colored pins to the countries from which class members' families originated. If you know the actual city of origin, put the pin there.

Display the map in the classroom.

2. Picture

From information in the novel, draw the Quoyle house.

3. Knots

Choose five of the knots...
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