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Theme Tracing
Kind of Activity:
Long-term Project
Objective:
In groups, students will identify, analyze, and trace one or two major themes as they read the novel.
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.4
Structure:
Have students consider the themes that have arisen in this first section. Encourage them to call out these themes in an informal discussion; write them on the board as the class identifies them. The themes may include:
-Memory
-Troubled childhoods
-Parenting
-Sibling bonds
-Destiny/fate
-Gender roles and expectations
-The significance of place
-Regret
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