Sylvia & Aki Themes, Symbols, & Motifs

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Activity Overview

There are many themes, symbols and motifs present throughout the novel Sylvia & Aki. In this activity, students will identify themes, symbols, and motifs and illustrate examples from the text. Students can explore by identifying these elements themselves or in an “envelope activity”, where they are given one or more to track throughout their reading. Then, they'll create a spider map illustrating what they found!

Examples of Themes, Symbols, and Motifs in Sylvia & Aki


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Objective: Create a storyboard that identifies recurring themes, symbols. or motifs found in Sylvia & Aki. Illustrate each and write a short description below each cell.

Student Instructions:

  1. Click "Start Assignment".
  2. Identify the themes, symbols, or motifs from Sylvia & Aki you wish to include and type them in the title box at the top.
  3. Create an image for examples that represent each symbol using appropriate scenes, characters and items.
  4. Write a description of each of the examples in the black text box.



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