[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Often characters are a driving force behind the plot. In this lesson, students will learn how complex, multilayered characters contribute to the development of a story's plot...

Please align to CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.3 Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

Organize your thoughts about two different characters using this printable learning exercise. Five elements of character are covered. RL.9-10.3 Analyzing Characters

The main characters in William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth are introduced, described and analyzed with links to additional character information. Character descriptions include: Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Duncan, Banquo, Macduff, and the...

This writing sample analyzer takes a sample of writing and calculates the number of sentences, words, and characters in the sample. As it's calculating these statistics it makes estimates as to how many syllables are present in each...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Five little monkeys sitting on a bed or sitting in a tree? In this close reading lesson plan, students will compare and contrast the actions of the characters in two of Eileen Christelow's beloved...

A nonfiction graphic organizer is available to help students evaluate decisions of people. Students will analyze how characters interact and develop throughout the course of a nonfiction text.

A set of questions for students to analyze Act 4 of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Students will recall information and events, interpret characters and their interactions, and extend their understanding of the play.

A lesson plan in which students read a narrative text and complete graphic organizers to analyze a character. Materials are included. [PDF]

Data comes to the rescue! Children will collect, analyze, and represent data as they try to dodge a series of catastrophes faced by characters from their favorite PBS Kids shows.

These pages are part of a site called Evolution that accompany a textbook by the same name. Mark Ridley is the author. There is a large amount of information available about adaptations and their role in evolution.

During this lesson plan, young scholars will analyze ways in which the character(s) in stories solve problems encountered. In small groups, students will brainstorm possible solutions to realistic problems in order to enhance connections...

This novel about a bunch of young boys stranded on an island is an allegory that is analyzed in depth in this fascinating site. Read about the characters, themes and important quotations.

The last of Shakespeare's great plays, The Tempest, is analyzed in an insightful way in this site. Find out more about the characters, understand more about the play itself by reading through the quotations.