The book talks a lot about Rob's Suitcase. This "suitcase" is where he keeps all of his "not-thoughts". This can be a hard concept for students to grasp. To make it a little bit easier, I found an old suitcase at Value Village and as we read the book together, we filled it with all of Rob's not thoughts. This helped students to understand that Rob's suitcase is a metaphor. They were also able to look back at the suitcase to find evidence to support their opinions about Rob as a character. This was especially important because Characterization is the focus of this unit!
What's your favourite activity to do with The Tiger Rising? Let me know in the comments below!
We celebrated the end of the unit with a soap carving activity. The students were each given a bar of soap and they carved a simple object in it with paperclips. thick toothpicks, etc.
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