There are many themes, symbols and motifs present throughout the novel Milkweed. Students can explore themes, symbols, and motifs in a novel by identifying a few and creating images and captions depicting examples from the text. Students can explore this by identifying a theme, symbol, or motif themselves or, in an “envelope activity” being given one or more to track throughout their reading. Then, students will create a storyboard illustrating the examples of that theme from the text. Teachers may assign themes and symbols for students to look for or allow students to select their own.
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Objective: Create a storyboard that identifies recurring themes, symbols or motifs found in Milkweed. Illustrate each symbol and write a short description below each cell.
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