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Into the Wild: Creating Characters

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students analyze well-known fairy tale characters to learn about characterization. After choosing two fairy tale characters and determining what the characters most want and most fear, students switch characters and stories. They...
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Draw a Scientist

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students think to themselves about what a scientist might look like when they're working and then draw a picture of a scientist at work and discuss their drawings. They notice the number of men compared to women and other such...
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Building Fiction: Elements of a Short Story

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students define and interpret the elements found in a short story. Then they identify the elements of plot found in a short story. Students also apply knowledge of plot to an original work of fiction. Finally, they identify the...
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Film Character Picture Quiz

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this film character instructional activity, students are given pictures of characters in movies and they define the film. Students answer 12 multiple choice questions.
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An African Folktale

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students learn what a folktale is and illustrate their favorite part of the story The Orphan Boy. They also write a folk story that explains a natural phenomena.
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Pumpkin Circuit

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students complete a variety of activities using pumpkins. They visit various stations with various pumpkin activities.
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Fairy Tale Riddles & Puppet Shows

For Teachers 1st
First graders put on a puppet show and retell fairy tales.
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Literature: "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars examine websites about Gail Carson Levine's book, "Ella Enchanted."
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Lesson Plan: Long Vowel Phoneme "oa"

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students read The Toad and The Goat, discuss main idea and story sequence, and identify rhyming words with the "oa" sound.
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Fairy Tales

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students write and draw fairy tales based on modern themes and/or their own experiences. The class is divided into groups and are assigned a fairy tale. The groups develop a modern story based on this fairy tale through group discussion.
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Do-deca-he-dron-It's Greek to Me!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Pupils create a dodecahedron shaped visual report of the literary elements of a short story.
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Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters - Mapping the Story

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to John Steptoe's story, "Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters" and create a story map.
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Behind the Movie Chicago

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners explore the genre of the musical film and its history. They draw conclusions on relationships between a stage musical and a musical film. They share the results of their research as a class.
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Japanese Folktales

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students read both Japanese and American folktales and respond to teacher generated questions. They compare the folktales and determine if there is a instructional activity to be learned. They draw story card to retell the story to the...
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Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars read the novel Falling Leaves. They evaluate the repeated story lines which compose the history of narration. They analyze and defend reasons why self-esteem affects the success or failure of characters.
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Adjectives

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students are encouraged to think about the adjectives they choose and to steer away from adjectives that have become meaningless through overuse, such as "nice" and "good." They then add meaning and interest to sentences.
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Descriptive Writing

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders analyze descriptive writing. In this writing lesson, 2nd graders read a story with a villain, describe the villain in words, and create a Wanted Poster describing him on paper.
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Stories of Nepal

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Young scholars explore folktales and fairy tales from Nepal to help them understand the Nepalese culture, and to compare the stories to the ones the students may know. After reading the stories, young scholars consider what rural life is...
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Chinese Shadow Puppet Play

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students experience through role-play the art of shadow puppetry and appreciate the role of oral traditions in Chinese history. They research the origins and history of puppetry as a part of a unit on China. They discover what Chinese...
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Dear Abby: A Direct and Indirect Characterization Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers 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...
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Pronoun Agreement Worksheet 1

For Students 7th - 10th
In this grammar worksheet, students rewrite ten sentences correcting all pronoun errors. Students check their answers when done.
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Jumbo Roald Dahl Quiz

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Roald Dahl quiz learning exercise, students complete a 15 question multiple choice quiz about the works of Roald Dahl. Included are detailed questions about events in his books.
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The Life and Times of Gioacchino Rossini

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students discuss Gioacchino Rossini's life and musical culture. In this music lesson, students are introduced to "biofacts" about Rossini and listen to excerpts of his music. Students identify characteristics of Rossini's musical...
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An Assessment on "There Is" and "There Are"

For Students 4th - 5th
In this subject and verb agreement worksheet, students complete a 25 question assessment on the proper use of "there is" and "there are". Students complete sentences, choose the correct form and write sentences using these words.

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