The+Thief+Lord

Here is a lesson plan I have created to introduce symbolism in middle school language arts using Cornelia Funke's novel, //The Thief Lord//. The lesson is structured to take place over a 90 minute class period, but has been blocked into chunks so that you can easily adapt the lesson to fit your school's schedule. The prep time can be significant, especially if you have a large class and if you include the collage activity. You can very easily adapt the collage project to be a drawing project to save prep time, but I originally tested this lesson plan using the collage project and it was very successful. Not being a natural artist, I find collage to be a very interesting and fun way to create original art without having to rely on drawing or painting skills.

Content standards are based on the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. You can access this online, to see how it corresponds to your own content standards, here: North Carolina Standard Course of Study.

Have fun - let me know how it works for you!