Fly Swatter Activity

The essence of this activity, is fairly elementary. The teacher writes words on the board,
in no particular order. The teacher, then splits up the students into groups of two and lines each
group up. She hands the first person in each line a fly swatter. The teacher reads a definition, and
the first student to run up to the board and whack it with their fly swatter wins a point for the
group. This goes on until all of the words have been read.
This activity helps the students with their memorization and retention skills. It is also a
good way to keep the students alert and active during class.

Jane Eyre Project

Susan Hancock is the person who designed this project. She uses it in her AP World
Literature class for sophomores at Paducah Tilghman High School. She made two bowls of
words. At the conclusion of our last class of Jane Eyre class discussion, she split up the class into
six groups of four. She had a bowl filled with music genres, and a bowl full of characters from
the novel. The groups chose a piece of paper from each bowl.
The students then had to choose an existing song from the genre they chose, and rewrite
it to where it applies and describes the character from the novel. The groups then had to perform
the songs for the rest of the class.
An example, is the combination of Rochester with the genre blues. The group could then
choose the song Bad to the Bone, and re write the lyrics to fit Rochester.

Mythology: Gods and Goddesses Poster

This activity was also created by Susan Hancock. She had the class read Edith Hamiltons
Mythology as a summer assignment. When the students showed up for their first day of class,
Mrs. Hancock handed out a god or goddess to each student. The student was then given time to
create a poster to explain their god or goddesses symbol, colors, and role in Greek Mythology.
These were hung up all around the classroom. She took them down for the test over the unit, but
otherwise, they stayed up there.