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Curated OER

Understanding Genres

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars identify genres of literature. In this literature instructional activity, students read definitions of the various genres. Young scholars choose books and list clues in the texts that help them identify the appropriate genre.
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Curated OER

Gender Roles in the Mid-Nineteenth Century What Fiction Tells Us

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers read and discuss a book on etiquette. They create their own book of etiquette.
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Curated OER

Reel or Real?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Pupils compare and contrast a live versus an animated performance of the same title. They view and take notes during the animated version, take a field trip to observe the live version, and write an opinion on which performance is most...
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Curated OER

Out of the Dust -- Part II

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders discover that literature can be a great way to gather information about the past. Using various types of text, they research its historical data and determine if it is correct. They write two papers to respond to the...
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Curated OER

Institution vs. Individuals

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine and evaluate how the U.S. government dealt with the Native American populations during westward expansion. They complete a class KWL chart, take notes during a teacher-led lecture. Students read about the Battle at...
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Curated OER

Voices at Whisper Bend

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine life in Pennsylvania during and after World War II. Using primary source documents, they compare the unity of the United States during World War II and the Iraq War. They also discover how citizens adapt to the war...
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Curated OER

Kissing Coyotes

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders are read the book "Kissing Coyotes". During the story, they make predictions about what they believe might happen next. After the story, they create their own story using their imagination and draw illustrations.
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Curated OER

The Thrill of Big-Wave Surfing

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students view a PBS Nature program about big-wave surfing and participate in a class discussion about their experiences with surfing, body boarding, or body surfing. Students create a drawing based on a reading and post their art around...
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Curated OER

Theatre- The Critic's Review

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students construct a critical review of a performance. For this theatrical lesson, students learn why critical reviews are important and create their own critical review. Students discuss their review.
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Curated OER

William Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury": Narrating the Compson Family Decline and the Changing South

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read "The Sound and the Fury" and consider the changing narrative structure and voice throughout the novel. They trace the decline of the Compson family.
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Curated OER

Three Chicago Painters: Self-Portraits

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students examine self-portraits on a Website. They create self-portraits which reveal something about themselves. They include objects which give clues to Students' personalities. The portraits are displayed in the school.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Creating a Role Drama to Analyze Characters in a Text [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders will use drama to analyze characters in the text A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon. After an interactive read-aloud of the text, 2nd graders will take on roles of characters in the story. They will step into a role...
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Huntington Library

Huntington Library: Shakespeare's Universalism [Pdf]

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
In this lesson, students explore how Shakespeare was able to write in a way that his characters seemed to express real emotions and will look at the literary devices he used. An extension activity has them analyze what William Hazlitt...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Mapping Characters Across Book Series

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This lesson plan examines the changes and developments in characters which appear in a series. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Getting to Know Characters

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this language development instructional activity using the books by Kevin Henkes English Language Learners learn vocabulary and language structures to express feelings, make text-to-self connections, and practice the reading strategy...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Analyzing Characters in 12 Angry Men

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Re-telling a story from the points of view of its various characters is a powerful way to review the events of a story, show how authors use characterization to reveal characters' personalities, and encourage students to view stories...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Become a Character

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this online lesson and activity, students actually "become" a character from a novel in their analysis of characterization. The lesson uses the Scarlet Letter, but any novel can be used. RL.9-10.3 Analyzing Characters, RL.11-12.3 Auth...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Studying Character in Drama

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Online lesson that allows learners to study and follow a Shakespearean character throughout a play, analyzing their actions, traits and dialogue as clues to characterization.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Creating Careers for Characters

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Interactive lesson plan which allows students to actually "become" a character in a story they have read. Students analyze and evaluate their character, and extend the activity into choosing a career for that character.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Analyzing Character in Hamlet Through Epitaphs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Contains plans for four lessons that ask students to write epitaphs for deceased characters in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" in order to analyze the play. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Serendipitous Character Names & Powerful Opening Paragraphs

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
In this lesson plan, Bertrand R. Brinley's The Mad Scientist's Club is used as a mentor text. Students will analyze the introductory paragraph of the mentor text and its sequel. Then students will use an interactive button to select a...
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Cultural Characters: World War Ii Conversations [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this lesson, students use photos of people in real-life World War II events as a springboard for composing dialogue between the people in the photographs. Students then work in pairs to create a scene set in World War II and present...
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Cultural Characters: The Great Depression [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, learners look at photographs (portraits and people, historical events and images depicting strife or struggle, etc.) based around a given time period and contemplate the impact a photograph has on the perception of a...
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TES Global

Tes: Scheme of Work: The Tempest by William Shakespeare

For Teachers 5th - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] During these multi-day lessons, students will closely read William Shakespeare's work, The Tempest. Students will analyze characters, plot, and themes. Students will culminate their understanding...

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