The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing 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. Paper Chase

Cut words from a magazine or newspaper and arrange them in a poetic fashion. They can be randomly drawn from a hat in a group setting, or chosen individually.

2. e.e. cummings and goings

Research the style of e. e. cummings. Write a poem using some of the more obvious elements of his style.

3. Ezra Pound of Flesh

Research Ezra Pound's interesting life. With whom was he in love? How did he get into trouble...
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