Diary of Anne Frank Mad Libs

I think I found the solution to getting kids to read boring, buthistorically important pieces of literature: turn them into Mad Libs.

No kid wants to sit through these tragic and dense tomes, but theymust be taught because they’re historically important and stillrelevant. So we’ve reached this sort of culturally understandingbetween students and teachers where the books are assigned, but it’sfine to skim it, read the first chapter and that’s good, grab theCliffsNotes, or simply read the description on back.

But if we turned these important books into Mad Libs, kids wouldlove it. Because now you could make your own diary of Anne Frank. Itwould be fun, it would be interactive and it would be creative. Allwhile getting the important message across. Or at least you would knowthe kid had read the book. Let’s try it out:

“It’s a wonder I haven’t abandoned all my _______ (pl. noun), theyseem so absurd and ______ (adjective). Yet I ____ (verb) to thembecause I still believe that people are truly good at _____ (bodypart). It’s impossible for me to _____ (verb) my life on a _______(noun) of chaos, _____ (noun) and death. I see the _____ (place) beingslowly transformed into a ______ (noun), I ____ (verb) the approachingthunder that, one day, will destroy us too, I feel the suffering of_____ (number). And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow _____(verb) that everything will _____ (verb) for the better, that this_____ (noun) too shall end, that peace and _____ (noun) will returnonce more.”

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