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- Higher Ed
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Students grow E. coli strain HB101, which contains the plasmid pUCD607 with the bioluminescence (Lux+) gene. The plasmid containing the Lux+ gene is isolated from the E. coli, then characterized by restriction analysis. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students explore ideas and emotion in developing characterization. They work with a partner to identify an emotion and role play and revise three sentences of their stories by adding more specific details. They conference with their teacher and a peer as they continue to revise. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the literary terms "round character" and "characterization" through the play "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare. They view and discuss examples of clip art, video, and comic strips, and describe the character traits. Students then watch the video "Exploring Shakespeare" and describe character changes in a series of comic strips. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students write a short story to practice their creative writing techniques. As a class, they practice an organize exercise dealing with how to characterize their characters they are going to use. They identify what components needed to be added to their story and complete concept webs. Full Review »
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- 7th
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In this unit, students will continue to enhance their understanding of the narrative genre, continuing to read and respond to narrative texts, noting strategies used by authors that might be applicable to their own work. Students writing should reflect a deepening understanding of the basic genre elements, with added emphasis on characterization, tone, and mood. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate characterization and how it works. The use of role play is done using a variety of texts to demonstrate how an actor takes on the role of a character. Emphasis is placed upon how an actor must get to know their own character in depth before acting it out. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students are introduced to direct and indirect characterization. In groups, they find examples of both in various pieces of literature. They are given an adjective and make a display in which they use the adjective indirectly. To end the lesson, they guess the other groups adjective and determine what type of characterization it is. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students read "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," take notes and create a characterization chart. As a class, they list ways of indirectly characterizing Walter Mitty, identify stock characters, indirect characterization, and direct characterization. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students practice identifying and creating examples of characterization based on comprehension. They assess direct and indirect characterization and use conflict in a plot to generate a piece of writing. Each student selects accurate adjectives and verbs to write responses to literature. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students create and develop a character sketch by combining research on a particular career with elements of personality or characterization studied in their literature classes. They combine the characteristics of a literary character to their own individual characters. Full Review »
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