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Kindness Counts Book
Students make a book about kindness. In this character lesson, students read a story about kindness and discuss how it applies to life. Students complete a kindness counts page and then assemble them into a book. ...
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Litmus Lozenges: Sweet and Sorrowful (Because of Winn Dixie)
In this Because of Winn Dixie worksheet, students explore characters and their relationships. Students complete a character web showing the relationships between seven characters in the story.
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Character Education Podcasts
Students study character traits. In this character education lesson, students create podcasts highlighting a particular character trait. Students broadcast one podcast per week.
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Characterization
Students read the book Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. For this character traits lesson, students read the book and identify character traits. Students draw pictures of a character from the book and describe the character traits.
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Tales From Around the World
Young scholars read stories. In this culture lesson, students read stories from different regions around the world. Young scholars look for each region on the map and listen for interesting cultural details in the story. Students then...
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What Makes a Hero?
Learners identify the characteristics of a hero. In this character development and writing lesson, students listen to music with a hero theme and discuss the common traits of heroes. Learners explore individuals and charitable...
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Character Map
In this character analysis activity, students explore two characters. Students fill in the graphic organizer, similar to a story map, for two characters and compare and contrast them.
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"Split" Character Studies in Crime and Punishment
Students write an essay evaluating split character traits on major characters in Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment. In this lesson students are guided through discussion questions, group assignments, and vocabulary work. The lesson...
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Using Literature to Teach Bullying
Students explore signs and types of bullying. In this "building character" lesson, students listen to several read alouds based on a bully theme. Four groups are formed to discuss "gossip", "exclusion", "physical bullying", and "verbal...
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Writing Magic
Students write a story. In this writing lesson plan, students are given a series of prompts to promote them in writing a story. The prompts include writing a free write, writing about characters, writing about a setting, writing about...
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Characterization
In this characterization worksheet, students fill out a graphic organizer chart. Students write the character's name in the center and an example of each of the 4 characterization methods by the author. There are instructions to help.
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Character Study
In this character study instructional activity, students complete a graphic organizer with 6 boxes. Students complete the sentences in the boxes that are written in the first person from the point of view of the character. Example: Other...
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Frederick Lesson Plan
Young scholars enjoy Leo Lionni's illustrations in Frederick and watching how Frederick uses his imagination. In this Frederick lesson plan, students practice dramatic techniques as they retell traditional literature.
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Of Mice and Men: Viewing Guide
In this Of Mice and Men viewing guide worksheet, students study movie terminology as they read brief descriptions and respond to 26 short answer questions as the watch the film based on Steinbeck's novel.
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A Separate Peace: Chapter 10 Reading and Study Guide
In this comprehension check worksheet, students define 3 vocabulary words, define 2 literary terms, and respond to 10 short answer questions pertaining to chapter 10 of A Separate Peace by John Knowles in order to help them better...
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A Separate Peace: Chapter 13 Reading And Study Guide
In this comprehension check worksheet, students define 3 vocabulary words, define 1 literary term, and respond to 6 short answer questions pertaining to chapter 13 of A Separate Peace by John Knowlesin order to help them better...
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A Separate Peace: Chapter 12 Reading And Study Guide
In this comprehension check worksheet, young scholars define 4 vocabulary words, define 1 literary term, and respond to 8 short answer questions pertaining to chapter 12 of A Separate Peace by John Knowles in order to help them better...
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Main Characters
In this main characters worksheet, students describe one main character from the book in detail. Students then compare themselves to the main character from the book.
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Charlotte's Web
In this literature worksheet, students, after reading Charlotte's Web, fill in the blanks inside of a pig that spell out five of the main characters from the novel and then color the pig.
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The Hobbit
In this The Hobbit worksheet, students review and discuss the forty-eight characters and key terms from The Hobbit and circle each one in a word search puzzle.
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The Civil War
In this Civil War worksheet, students identify, locate and discuss thirty-five key terms, characters and leaders associated with The Civil War. Students circle each one in a word search puzzle.
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Character Map
In this literature response worksheet, students examine a character from a book they have read. Students write the name of one character in the octagon, then write one character trait in each of the ovals. Finally, the students write one...
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Major and Minor Characters
In this reading worksheet, students complete a chart about two characters from a book. Information includes the character names, how they look, how they act, how they interact with others, and how the student might relate to them.
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Graphic Organizer Collection: Character
In this collection of graphic organizers for a literature unit, students will complete 22 different graphic organizers on the topic of character development. For example, this collection includes character analysis and various attribute...