Sylvia & Aki is an award winning, historical fiction novel written in 2015. It tells the true story of an unexpected friendship between Sylvia Mendez and Aki Munemitsu, who found themselves at the center of two different systems of injustice in the United States in the 1940s. Engage and educate students with Storyboard That premade activities!
Students can plot the characters of a book and write about each character's physical / personality traits, their interactions with others and the challenges they face.
Storyboard Text
THE MENDEZ FAMILY
SYLVIA
Physical/Character Traits: How does this character change over time? What challenges does this character face?
MAIN CHARACTER
MOM
Physical/Character Traits: How does this character change over time? What challenges does this character face?
SUPPORTING
DAD
Physical/Character Traits: How does this character interact with the main character? What challenges does this character face?
SUPPORTING
BROTHERS: GONZALO JR. AND JEROME
Physical/Character Traits: How does this character interact with the main character? What challenges does this character face?
SUPPORTING
ATTORNEY MARCUS
Physical/Character Traits: How does this character interact with the main character? What challenges does this character face?
SUPPORTING
AKI
Physical/Character Traits: How does this character interact with the main character? What challenges does this character face?
MOM
Physical/Character Traits: How does this character interact with the main character? What challenges does this character face?
POP
Physical/Character Traits: How does this character interact with the main character? What challenges does this character face?
BROTHER: SEIKO
Physical/Character Traits: How does this character interact with the main character? What challenges does this character face?
Physical/Character Traits: How does this character interact with the main character? What challenges does this character face?