The Boat Lesson Plan

Recurring Themes

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will examine the different themes present in the stories and will create a storyboard to visualize and explain them.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2

Structure:

In this activity, the students will examine specific themes found throughout the stories in the book, and create storyboards to help visually represent these ideas.

Briefly review with the class what a theme is.

Theme: The central ideas, messages, or lessons present in a given work. Common themes include love, death, and good vs. evil. Have the students offer examples of themes that seem to be running throughout the book...