Efter sin mors død flytter den tolvårige Rob og hans far til Lister, Florida, hvor Robs far arbejder som vedligeholdelsesmand på det motel, hvor de bor. Ensom, trist og målet for to bøller pakker Rob sine følelser væk i en metaforisk kuffert og låser dem inde. Robs liv begynder at ændre sig, da han finder en stor tiger i bur i skoven bag motellet og møder den nye pige, Sistine Bailey. Da Robs følelsesmæssige skal begynder at revne, lærer han værdien af venskab og håndtering af sine følelser sammen med udfordringen med at træffe en svær beslutning.
Lad eleverne identificere og illustrere eksempler på billedsprog i The Tiger Rising af Kate DiCamillo.
Storyboard Tekst
Glide: 1
Personification
Scared
Lonely
Sadness
Grief
Angry
Page 4: "He made all of his feelings go inside of the suitcase."This means that he packed his feelings away in order to forget about them.
Glide: 2
Personification
Ahem, ahem!
Page 39: "The bus coughed and sputtered and finally drove away."This means that the bus was making a lot of noises as it drove away.
Glide: 3
Simile
Page 56: "Every night the house lit up like a constellation, and they were all inside of it together, all three of them."Rob remembers how bright and happy his house was at Christmas before his mother died.