Up a Road Slowly | 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. Visit a Farm.

In order to learn more about rural life, have the class plan a field trip to a small farm (not a large corporate one).

2. Character Description

Write a physical, emotional, and relational description of two characters from the book. Add a portrait to go along with your written description.

3. Timeline

Create a timeline including illustrations of the events from this story. Include a map showing the locations of where the story took place.

4. Comparison