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\nPioneering Principles: Why Character Matters\n

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\nWhat does it mean to \"be of good character\"? What are the qualities that define such a person? The 1825 Colonization Law of Coahuila y Texas required that all new immigrants into Mexican Texas present documentation that they were of...\n
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\nGot Character?\n

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\nStudents create an advertisement promoting good behavior. This character-development lesson plan from Boys Town High School involves students studying the history of the Got Milk?advertising campaign. After a discussion of marketing...\n
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\nWhat a Character!\n

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\nHow do you know what traits a character displays in a story? Learners select a character and find list three traits for this character, explaining why they chose each trait. They then put this information together into a paragraph or essay.\n
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\nKey Incidents Reveal Aspects of Character: Survival at Sea (Pages 114-168)\n

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\nLearn from experience. As part of their study of Unbroken, scholars use a turn-and-talk strategy to discuss Louie's experiences and the presence of God while he is lost at sea. They then read quotes from the text and infer what the words...\n
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\nAnalyzing Character Traits\n

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\nCharacter analysis becomes easy with a 24-page packet packed with mini-lessons, graphic organizers, and activities. A must-have for your curriculum library.\n
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\nWhat a Character!\n

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\nGuide your readers to explore character traits. As a class, discuss and record the traits of a commonly-known fairy tale character. Then do the same with the main character in the class novel. Finally, have learners use magazines...\n
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\nCharacter Bust: Ceramics Lesson\n

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\nWhether it is a protagonist, antagonist, hero or heroine, characters are a must in any story. Learners analyze a character from a narrative they are reading, then use that character as inspiration. They create a ceramic bust depicting...\n
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\nCharacter Development Project\n

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\nRead Dangerous Minds with your language learning disabled pupils to identify characteristics and connect to literature. This is a specific activity intended for use with the suggested book. The class uses a character map  as a way...\n
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\nOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck: Sketching a Portrait--Character Traits\n

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\nUse this handout to focus on the character traits of George and Lennie in John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. Readers are given a set of specific traits to search for in the first chapter. They are required to list two textual examples of...\n
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\nHorse Character: Ceramics Lesson\n

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\nAnimals oftentimes elicit various characteristics which make them symbolic or representative of human feeling, action, or emotion. The class creates horse characters out of clay to show character action and symbolism. This is a great...\n
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\nCharacter Analysis Chart\n

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\nThis versatile graphic organizer could be used alongside any novel, poem, play, or story through which your class in studying character. Class members can get characters straight or describe particular characters in more detail with this...\n
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\nOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck: Character Sketches\n

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\nCover character development and indirect characterization in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck with a graphic organizer. Class members search through the text and fill out a box for each character. The activity provides some notes for...\n
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\n\"A Long Way From Chicago\": Character Descriptions\n

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\nComplete studies of the memorable characters in Richard Peck's novel A Long Way from Chicago. The lesson describes three different activities to help your class better understand characters in the story, character development in general,...\n
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\nCharacter Map #1\n

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\nHere’s a great graphic organizer that can be used with any narrative. Readers select a character and record feelings, descriptions, behaviors, and personality traits. The template could be used for group work or as a prewriting activity...\n
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\nNovel Character Study\n

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\nStudents complete a character study using a database to compile information from a novel. They design a five slide presentation highlighting the character's reaction to different situations in the book. They write an acrostic poem using...\n
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\nBuilding Character: Holocaust Survivor Testimonies\n

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\nHost a fishbowl discussion to help your class recognize and articulate the relationship between words and the character traits they describe. They analyze Holocaust survivor testimonies and apply the character traits they observe. No...\n
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\nComparing and Contrasting Yourself to a Character\n

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\nFirst and second graders explore character as a story element. They  listen to the first part of the story First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg and observe the teacher modeling a compare and contrast characters activity. Learners...\n
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\nCharacter Analysis in the Red Badge of Courage\n

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\nAs part of a comprehension exercise, readers analyze the character of Henry Fielding and consider how his romantic view of himself, and of war, changes.\n
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\nExamining Character Traits through Character Mapping\n

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\nSome of what we know about a character is directly stated. Some of what we know is inferred by events in the story. Character maps help primary learners recognize the difference. After modeling with a story your class has read, pupils...\n
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\nCharacter Development - Flora\n

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\nWatch video clips that illustrate a character's development. Your class can watch video's about a character and her development through a life decision. They then complete a timeline activity for the story.\n
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\nCinderella Folk Tales: Variations in Character\n

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\nStudents read a variety of Cinderella tales from different cultures. They discuss the differences in character, plot, and conflict resolution in the stories from different countries.\n
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\nText Analysis and Character Revelations: Flowers for Algernon\n

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\nWhat does your character reveal about you? Scholars carry out several activities to determine the reveal of character in Flowers for Algernon. Readers answer text dependent questions, complete diary entries, write reflections, and use...\n
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\nPlanning the First Draft of the Character Confessional Narrative\n

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\nScholars read and analyze a model character confessional narrative to help guide their writing. Then, they plan the first draft of a character confessional based on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.\n
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\nBecome a Character: Adjectives, Character Traits, and Perspective\n

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\nStudents use an online chart to match the character traits of a character in a book they are reading with specific actions the character takes. Students then work in pairs to \"become\" one of the major characters in a book and describe...\n
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