In this activity, students will identify a theme and support the theme with evidence from the text. One theme is “death” and another is “friendship”.
You are watching: What is the theme of the watsons go to birmingham
Themes to Look For and Discuss
Death
Byron, who is usually a cruel bully, becomes emotional after throwing a cookie at a mourning dove and killing it. Later in the novel, Kenny nearly drowns and sees a “Wool Pooh”, which symbolizes death. Lastly, the church bombing killed four innocent little girls who were attending Sunday school.
Friendship
Byron and Buphead are great friends, but Buphead is a negative influence on Byron, and they cut school often. Kenny almost loses Rufus as his best friend, but realizes that he needs to stick by his friend, even if it means he gets made fun of. The last example of friendship is between Byron and Kenny. They don’t get along often, but in the end, Byron is the one who consoles Kenny.
Use This Assignment With My Students*
Template and Class Instructions
(These instructions are completely customizable. After clicking “Use This Assignment With My Students”, update the instructions on the Edit Tab of the assignment.)
Student Instructions
Create a storyboard depicting themes in The Watsons Go to Birmingham.
Use the template provided by your teacher.Identify a theme from the novel.Describe three examples of the theme.Illustrate each scene with appropriate characters, scenes, and items.
Lesson Plan Reference
Grade Level 4-5
Difficulty Level 3 (Developing to Mastery)
Type of Assignment Individual
Type of Activity: Themes, Symbols & Motifs
Common Core Standards
Customize this Example*
More options
Start my free trial
Use This Assignment With My Students*
Rubric
(You can also create your own on Quick Rubric.)
Themes
Create a storyboard that identifies themes in the story. Illustrate examples of each theme and write a short description below each cell.
| Identify Theme(s) All themes are correctly identified and described. Some themes are correctly identified. No themes are correctly identified. Examples of Theme(s) All examples support the identified theme(s). Most examples fit the identified theme(s). See more: Best Non Pay To Win Mmorpg That Is Not Pay To Win, Top 5 Best Non P2W Mmorpg Games For Pc 2020 Most examples do not fit the theme(s). More Storyboard That ActivitiesThe Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963Characters
Book and Movie Comparison  Plot Diagram  Chapter Analysis  Visual Vocabulary Privacy And SecurityEach version of Storyboard That has a different privacy and security model that is tailored for the expected usage. Free EditionAll storyboards are public and can be viewed and copied by anyone. They will also appear in Google search results. Personal EditionThe author can choose to leave the storyboard public or mark it as Unlisted. Unlisted storyboards can be shared via a link, but otherwise will remain hidden. Educational EditionAll storyboards and images are private and secure. Teachers can view all of their students’ storyboards, but students can only view their own. No one else can view anything. Teachers may opt to lower the security if they want to allow sharing. See more: Zelda Breath Of The Wild: How To Save Legend Of Zelda : Skyward Sword Hd Business EditionAll storyboards are private and secure to the portal using enterprise-class file security hosted by Microsoft Azure. Within the portal, all users can view and copy all storyboards. In addition, any storyboard can be made “sharable”, where a private link to the storyboard can be shared externally. 
|
