How can you draw on the interests and strengths of all students in the classroom? By allowing those with ADHD to choose from a menu of projects related to a book they have read.
Let ADD/ADHD Students Act Out the Book:
Act out a phone conversation between two or more characters in the book.
Perform an original song related to the story.
Be a TV interviewer, and audio- or videotape an interview with a character in the book.
Play a prosecuting attorney. Put one of the characters on trial for a crime. Prepare your case, giving your arguments and supporting them with facts.
This article appears in the Spring 2010 issue of ADDitude.
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