Cracking India Lesson Plan

Themes and Symbols

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will examine the different themes and symbols in the novel up to this point and will create a storyboard to visualize them

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2

Structure:

In this activity, the students will discuss themes and symbolism, examine the specific themes and symbols used in the novel, and create storyboards to help visually represent these ideas.

Review the definitions of themes and symbols.

Themes: Central ideas present in a given work. Common themes include love, death, good v. evil, etc. Have the students offer examples of themes that seem to be running throughout the novel...