You wrote it, now what? Learners take their writing to the next level when they perform it for classmates. They then engage in a self-reflection and assessment of their work to determine how well they hit targets, such as identifying...

A 46-slide presentation focuses on ways to describe characters in stories, how to create story characters, and how to show a character's personality in a student-created story. The colorful and engaging slides provide lots of great ideas...

An excellent, 3-activities-in-one worksheet goes along with the book, Rescue Josh McGuire. Learners complete short answer, vocabulary, and crossword puzzle activities. A great literary resource!

Investigate "respect" with your class. They will participate in a think/share activity in which they complete sentence starters about their personal experience with "respect." Then they view a video clip in which Holocaust survivors...

Middle schoolers define what honesty means. They will discuss omission as a form of telling lies. Furthermore, they will compare and contrast to other forms of lying. In the end, they give examples of different types of lies and evaluate...

Fifth graders analyze William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, paying close attention to character development, plot, and dialogue. With daily reading and thoughtful discussion, scholars take pen to paper to respond to journal...

Students create a poster that represents how to care and give kindness. In this caring and kindness lesson plan, students demonstrate character development by creating a poster in groups on how they can care and be kind at home, school,...

Students read about character education in stories online. In this character education lesson, students complete activities about making good choices and sign a pledge to be a good person.

In this number line lane character outlines worksheet, students pronounce each number and then color and decorate each character for illustration purposes.

Young scholars identify character traits. In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students read the story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and discuss the characters. Young scholars identify positive and negative character traits...

High schoolers examine multiple types of media in order to properly define different types of character that include static, stock, and dynamic characters. They respond to the question of finding someone they respect. They give examples...

Students explore various methods of approaching character work, acting styles and skills. They create an original character, write an original monologue and perform the monologue for an audience

Students better explain a character after examining their traits as well as trying to write a diary entry from their perspective.

Second graders create a character template for their fairy tale. In this character lesson, 2nd graders using the Paint program on the computer to create their character. They use this character throughout their pictures without needing...

In this character instructional activity, students answer questions about themselves and about their motivators and external characteristics. Students answer 22 questions.

Expand this Venn diagram so it's a little larger for your class. As they're reading Briar Rose, stop them and encourage them to compare Becca and Gemma, two characters from the novel. A teacher's guide gives some possible ideas. 

In this character education word search worksheet, students locate 15 words. All are positive character traits. This puzzle is in the shape of a lock and key.

Students explore a character's motivation in a text.  In this characterization lesson, students view a video about Duke Ellington. Students discuss motivations for Duke Ellington and write sentences explaining Ellington's changes.

In this setting and character worksheet, students provide details about the setting and character in this graphic organizer. Students provide 3 details for each.

In this character activity, students answer short answer questions about themselves, talking to people at the faire, and about patrons. Students complete 31 questions.

Students read the book Do You Want to Be My Friend? and then use pictorial clues to determine which animal would come next. In this character lesson plan, students look at the tail of the animal to predict it.

In this character worksheet, learners answer questions about themselves and their family, favorite food, feelings, and more. Students answer 19 questions total on this worksheet.

In this character worksheet, students answer questions about themselves in relation to their family, relationships, and day to day life. Students complete 29 questions.