Activity Overview
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You is filled with rich literary elements such as imagery, irony, metaphors, and similes. It also discusses many themes and symbols that are intertwined with various literary elements. These elements will come alive when you use a storyboard to analyze and describe them. In this activity, students will identify and explain examples of themes, symbolism, motifs, or figurative language from the novel. They should be sure to support their choices with details from the text.
Examples of Literary Elements in Stamped
- Theme: Enduring Legacy of Colonialism
- Theme: Enduring Legacy of Slavery
- Theme: Hypocrisy in Leadership
- Theme: Stories are told by the victor
- Theme: Media in perpetuating harmful stereotypes
- Theme: Black culture is American culture
- Theme: White Privilege
- Simile: Racism as a dinosaur
- Simile: Freedom like quicksand
- Motif: Stamped
- and more
Template and Class Instructions
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Due Date:
Objective: Create a storyboard that identifies literary elements (themes, motifs, symbolism, figurative language, etc.) found in Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You. Illustrate each literary element you find in the text and write a short description below each cell.
Student Instructions:
- Click "Start Assignment".
- Identify the literary elements from Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You you wish to include and type them in the title box at the top.
- Create an image for examples that represent each literary element using appropriate scenes, characters, and items.
- Write a description of each of the examples in the black text box.
- Save and exit when you're done.
Lesson Plan Reference
- [ELA-Literacy/RL/8/2] Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text
- [ELA-Literacy/RL/8/4] Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts
- [ELA-Literacy/RL/5/1] Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Rubric
(You can also create your own on Quick Rubric.)
| Proficient | Emerging | Beginning | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Identify Theme(s) | All themes are correctly identified as important recurring topics or messages in the story. | Some themes are correctly identified, but others are missing or do not make sense with the story. | No themes are correctly identified. |
| 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. |
| Identify Motif(s) | All motifs are correctly identified as important recurring features or ideas in the story. | Some motifs are correctly identified, but others are missing or incorrect. | No motifs are correctly identified. |
| Examples | All examples support the identified themes, symbols, and motifs. Descriptions clearly say why examples are significant. | Most examples fit the identified themes, symbols, and motifs. Descriptions say why examples are significant. | Most examples do not fit the identified themes, symbols, and motifs. Descriptions are unclear. |
| Depiction | Storyboard cells clearly show connection with the themes, symbols, and motifs and help with understanding. | Most storyboard cells help to show the themes, symbols, and motifs, but some storyboard cells are difficult to understand. | Storyboard cells do not help in understanding the themes, symbols, and motifs. |
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