Curated OER
A Study of "Twilight Crane" by Kinoshita Junji
Students read and analyze the Japanese play, "Twilight Crane," by Kinoshita Junji. They read a handout on Japanese theatre, conduct Internet research, answer discussion questions, and compare/contrast versions of the story.
Curated OER
"The Hell of Mirrors" by Edogawa Rampo
Students read and analyze the short story, "The Hell of Mirrors," by Edogawa Rampo. They write diary entries, develop a video, create an illustration, conduct research, and write a short story.
Curated OER
Nationalism and Conflict-Two Fronts, Two Perspectives!
Students examine the major conflicts of the 20th century. After watching a video, they discuss the various types of technology and how they were used in World War I. They watch excerpts from films covering different wars and view them...
Curated OER
How to Write a Summary of a Book
Students explore ways to write book summaries. In this summary writing lesson, students discover the steps for writing summaries of fictional books.
Curated OER
Avoiding Primer Language
In this avoiding primer language worksheet, students combine four or five simple sentences into one effective sentence with only one independent clause.
Curated OER
Word Bank; Theater
Students are given a word bank relating to theater. In this word bank instructional activity, students are introduced to a list of words and their definitions. Students then build their vocabulary regarding theatrical concepts.
Curated OER
Creating with Alice
Students explore Alice Programming Software. In this exploratory lesson, students design a unique storyboard which will guide the creation of their Alice World. Students write and create their own films.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: The Protagonist
This slideshow focuses on the protagonist; it defines the term, discusses the role in general and in the text, and provides a list of regular and villain protagonists from literature.
University of Victoria (Canada)
The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Protagonist
Clear and concise, this University of Victoria Writer's Guide definition of "protagonist" covers the basics.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Girls Read: Online Literature Circles
For this lesson designed especially for girls, students read a work of realistic fiction and get to know strong female protagonists through online literary circles and writing activities.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: An Anti Hero of One's Own
How can an anti-hero teach us about the heroic--and sometimes, the unheroic--characteristics that shape a story's protagonist? From jealousy to self-doubt, Tim Adams challenges us to consider how anti-heroes reflect the very mortal...
Read Works
Read Works: Character 4th Grade Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson unit on characters where students learn about a story's protagonist and antagonist and the relationship between them by reading the book Hansel and Gretel by Rika Lesser. With free login,...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Characters and Staging in Drama
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will analyze how different playwrights characterize, or develop, their protagonists and antagonists through the dialogue and staging of their plays.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Characters and Staging in Drama
Learn how playwrights characterize their protagonists and antagonists through the dialogue and staging of their plays.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Interactives: Elements of a Story: Characters
The interactive story lesson engages students in the study of "characters" and terms associated with them. Using the story of Cinderella as an anchor story, students will identify the following: hero, villain, protagonist, antagonist,...
Quizlet
Quizlet: Story Elements Quiz: 6th Grade: Flashcards
This set of interactive flashcards focuses on story elements such as setting, characters, conflict, rising action, falling action, exposition, protagonist, antagonist, and resolution.
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe
At this website, read all eight chapters of Daniel Defoe's novel, "Robinson Crusoe." Also provided is a brief paragraph introducing the text, its context, it protagonist, and its reasons for its popularity.
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Joseph Conrad Lord Jim
At this website, you can read all 45 chapters of Joseph Conrad's novel, "Lord Jim." Provided is a brief paragraph introducing the novel, its protagonist, and major events.
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Joseph Conrad Nostromo
At this website, read both parts of Joseph Conrad's "Nostromo." Also provided is an "Author's Note" and a brief paragraph, introducing the text, its setting, and its protagonist.
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Joseph Conrad the Secret Agent
Here, read all 13 chapters of Joseph Conrad's book, "The Secret Agent." Chapters are preceded by an "Author's Note" and a brief paragraph, introducing the text, its setting, and protagonist.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: America in Class: Aylmer's Motivation in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Birthmark"
Lesson on why Aylmer, the protagonist of Nathaniel Hawthorne's story "The Birthmark," undertakes his fatal experiment. Lesson contents contain literary text, strategies for analysis, and vocabulary.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Identify Plot: Plot Structure Diagram [Pdf]
This is a PDF of a ReadWriteThink plot structure diagram chart form for students to use on short stories. It includes exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, theme, and protagonist and antagonist.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: It Takes Two to Tangle
Students explore the theme of conflict in literature. They learn the difference between internal and external conflict and various types of conflicts, including self against self, self against other, and self against nature or machine....
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Jane Austen
At this website, access full texts of "Emma," "Lady Susan," "Mansfield Park," "Northanger Abbey," "Persuasion," "Pride and Prejudice," and "Sense and Sensibility." Also provided is a brief write-up on the life and career of Jane Austen,...
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