What does it take to be a hero? In small groups, middle schoolers design a hero by identifying heroic characteristics and recording responses on an online blog. Use this lesson as an extension in a literature unit about a heroic...

Learners consider the attributes of heroes. In this literature instructional activity, students read selected poems from Hesse's Out of the Dust and then create their own bio-poems that feature themselves as heroes.

Learners identity characteristics of a hero.  In this heroes lesson, students discuss what it means to be a hero and work in small groups to find characteristics of a hero and people they consider heroes.  Learners choose three...

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