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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. Board Game

Make a board game of "Waiting."

2. Personal Ad

Imagine Lin and Manna published personal ads in the newspaper. Write the ads, in their voices, describing their ideal person.

3. Diorama

Make a diorama of Lin's house in Goose Village.

4. Mao Poster

Choose a character and make a poster of Chairman Mao, depicting him the way the character you chose sees him.

5. Foot Binding

Research "foot binding" and develop a presentation about its origin, purpose, and practice.

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