The White Hotel | 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. Frankenstein Comparison

Read the opening to Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein." Compare and contrast it to the Prologue of "The White Hotel."

2. Surrealist Writings

Read a sample of Surrealist literature. Compare and contrast it to this novel.

3. Surrealist Art

Look at the work of Surrealist artists, such as Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte. Create your own Surrealist work of art, based on this novel.

4. Dear Freud

Write a letter to Freud expressing your opinion and analysis of Lisa's...
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