Hexagonal thinking is a rich way to inspire discussion at any point in a novel. With these hexagonal templates, student groups first create the elements they will connect in six categories (characters, themes, style, symbols, connections to other works, connections to the modern world), then cut them out and arrange them.Students arrange the hexagons based on their discussion of how they connect, then add connection arrows that explain why key hexagons correlate. For this activity, since there i