Waiting for Normal 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. What happened after the book?

Write a short story about what happens to Addie the first week after she starts to live with Dwight and Hannah.

2. Letter to Denise

Write a letter from Addie to Denise when Denise is in jail.

3. Character Description

Write a physical, emotional, and relational description of two characters from "Waiting for Normal". Add a portrait to go along with your written description.

4. Timeline

Create a time line including illustrations of the events from...
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