Tunnel in the Sky | 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. Parental Advice

Write a letter to Rod Walker, either from his father or from his sister/guardian, offering advice for surviving the final exam on an unknown planet.

2. Online Bio

Choose Rod Walker, Jack Daudet, Jimmy Throxton, Caroline Mshiyeni, Grant Cowper, Helen Walker, or Deacon Matson. Then construct a biography of that person suitable for display on a current-day social networking site. Highlight their experiences, exaggerating or underplaying as the character might see fit.

3. Word Scramble

Unscramble these words from "Tunnel...
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