Activity Overview
There are many themes, symbols, and motifs present throughout the novel Refugee. Students can explore them 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 in this activity, students can create a storyboard illustrating the examples of that theme from the text.
Examples of Themes in Refugee
- War
- Trauma
- Holocaust
- Oppression
- Coming of Age
- Injustice
- Cruelty vs. Kindness
- Apathy vs. Empathy
- Hope vs. Despair
- Family
- Displacement
- The Refugee Experience
- Invisibility
- Journey to a Better Life
- Social Justice
- Sacrifice
- Cultural ties
Examples of Symbols and Motifs in Refugee
- Boats
- Isabel's Trumpet
- Cell Phone and Technology
- The Yellow Jewish Star
- Water
- Manana/Tomorrow
- religion
- prayers
- Funeral customs
- clave/Cuban music
- dictators
- "just doing my job" / relinquishing responsibility
Template and Class Instructions
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Due Date:
Objective: Create a storyboard that identifies recurring themes, symbols or motifs found in Refugee. Illustrate each symbol and write a short description below each cell.
Student Instructions:
- Click "Start Assignment".
- Identify the themes, symbols, or motifs from Refugee you wish to include and type them in the title box at the top.
- Create an image for examples that represent each symbol using appropriate scenes, characters and items.
- Write a description of each of the examples in the black text box.
Lesson Plan Reference
Rubric
(You can also create your own on Quick Rubric.)
| Proficient | Emerging | Beginning | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Identify Symbol(s) | All symbols are correctly identified as objects that represent something else at a higher level in the story. | Most symbols are correctly identified, but some objects are missing or are incorrectly identified as significant symbols. | No symbols are correctly identified. |
| Examples | All examples support the identified symbols. Descriptions clearly say why examples are significant. | Most examples fit the identified symbols. Descriptions say why examples are significant. | Most examples do not fit the identified symbols. Descriptions are unclear. |
| Depiction | Storyboard cells clearly show connection with the symbols and help with understanding. | Most storyboard cells help to show the symbols but some storyboard cells are difficult to understand. | Storyboard cells do not help in understanding the symbols. |
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