The Verge | 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. The Breath of Life

Draw, paint, or make a collage to illustrate your mental picture of "The Breath of Life" in full flower.

2. Letter from Home

Write a letter as if you are Claire, explaining to Elizabeth why it is better for her to live with her aunt.

3. Texting Trouble

Create a series of text messages that might have been sent between Claire, Anthony, and Harry if they lived in the present day. Include texts about Claire's orders to Anthony...
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