Themes, symbols, and motifs come alive when you use a storyboard. Using Storyboard That’s spider map layout, have students create a Hunger Games storyboard about any theme that they’ve identified from the book. They may use as many cells as they’d like, but a good starting point is three. Feel free to assign this activity with a set number of cells in mind; this may help students organize their thoughts more effectively.
Make sure that students not only depict the examples through the use of pictures but also with the addition of a description that details how their example supports the theme they’ve chosen.
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Student Instructions
Create a storyboard that identifies recurring themes in Hunger Games. Illustrate instances of each theme and write a short description below each cell.
Invite student groups to share their storyboards and explain their chosen themes. This encourages critical thinking and verbal expression while reinforcing key concepts.
Pair students to review each other's storyboards and provide constructive comments on theme depiction and descriptions. Peer feedback builds evaluative skills and classroom community.
Ask students to relate a chosen Hunger Games theme to a current or historical event. This deepens understanding and makes literature more relevant to their lives.
Encourage students to add audio or video explanations to their storyboards if possible. Multimedia elements can enhance engagement and comprehension, especially for diverse learners.
Have students write a brief reflection on what they learned about themes in The Hunger Games and how their perspective changed. Reflection fosters metacognition and personal growth.
The Hunger Games explores themes such as survival, government control, inequality, sacrifice, and resistance. These themes are woven throughout the story and can be identified through character actions and plot events.
Use a spider map storyboard to help students visually organize and depict themes from The Hunger Games. Have students illustrate examples of each theme, then write brief descriptions explaining how each example relates to the theme.
Encourage students to look for recurring ideas, symbols, or actions in the story. Using storyboards can make it easier for them to connect specific examples to larger themes and explain their significance.
Visuals like storyboards help students understand and remember themes by allowing them to see connections, organize thoughts, and express ideas creatively, making abstract concepts more concrete.
Assign students to create a three-cell storyboard that illustrates key motifs or symbols from the novel. Ask them to add short descriptions explaining each image, which reinforces comprehension and analysis skills.