Whirligig 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. Dream Machine Ad!

Create an ad for your favorite automobile. Include a picture with a vivid description of your dream machine. You may use online resources for pictures and details.

2. Awesome Threads!

Create a picture of Brent Bishop dressed to the tens in his designer wear.

3. Winds of Change

Construct a whirligig based on the book's descriptions. Give the whirligig its own special name which reflects its own energy throughout eternity.

4. In the Life of a Whirligig