The Talbot Odyssey 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. Alternate ending

Based on what you have learned about plot, fiction, and storytelling, write an alternate ending to the story.

2. Obituary

Write an obituary for one of the characters who died in the book.

3. Twitter

Write an account of the counterattack on the Russian mansion that could be posted on Twitter. Keep in mind that Twitter postings can only be 120 characters long each. Write about the whole counterattack from beginning to ending.

4. Comic book

Create a comic book...
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