Personal Shield: Analyzing Symbolism Essay and Project - Back to School Activity
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Are you ready to start your new semester with a bang? These back to school activities for ELA build collaboration, critical thinking, and classroom community. Students get to know your classroom, share about themselves, and interview peers. (optimized for grades 7-10)What You Get:1. Back to School EPrice $17.99Original Price $29.97Save $11.98
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Students practice analyzing symbolism while exploring their favorite topic – themselves! They create a personal shield and write an essay describing the symbolism of the components they’ve used. This is a great Back to School activity or sub plan.
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Your Analyzing Symbolism Project includes:
- Project Description & Rubric – create clears expectations by giving students the score guide at the same time as the instructions (choose between analytic or holistic rubric)
- Analyzing Symbolism Worksheet – helps students move from intended meaning (a character trait) to a symbol (an object, animal, or color)
- Blank Shield Template
- Editable Requirements & rubrics (.doc)
- Digital Version (Google Slides)
What teachers like you are saying:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Students love this. It is a great beginning of the year activity for students to not only introduce themselves, but also become more familiar with class terminology.” -Samantha S.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “My students absolutely LOVED this resource. They got even more into it than I thought they would. Two of them wanted to use other symbols instead of animal and I let them due to their reasonings. I HIGHLY recommend this for teaching symbolism!” -Brandi C.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Worked well as a reading response activity for literature circles. Students created a shield for a main character and then explained their choices in a supported paragraph.” -Jacqueline P.
About Your Download:
Your download is a .zip file containing a print-and-go version of this product and an editable version in Microsoft Word. Instructions for use and copyright information are included in this resource. Feel free to email me at nouvelle.ela@gmail.com if you have any questions.
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