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Curated OER

Reacting to Literature

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students participate in two activities relating to a book that they have enjoyed and review using BooksLog. They break into groups with one group illustrating an action scene using Sketchy while the other uses PicoMap to create a web...
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Curated OER

Tell Me a Whopper!

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate tall tales as a literary genre. They listen to a number of tall tales to discover how exaggeration is used as a story element. They write and publish a tall tale using word processing software. They illustrate...
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Wisconsin Response to Intervention Center

Wisconsin Rt I Center: Character Map [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
Teachers will learn about importance of character maps. Teachers will learn how to implement character maps; measure progress with character maps; and find research to support the use of character maps. Several reproducible character...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Character Web

For Students K - 1st Standards
In this instructional activity, young scholars will create a character web. Students will use a character from their storybook character for the web.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Character Mapping

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders will read a high interest novel and analyze how a character responds to a challenge. Students will reflect on the theme conveyed in the novel, too.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Character Web With Dust Tracks on a Road

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will read "The Inside Search," from Dust Tracks on a Road with a partner creating a character web.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Character Map

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Help students analyze a particular character with this character map that helps them examine character appearance, actions, and how others respond to them. Ideas for its use are provided.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: Cliffs Notes: Julius Caesar: Character Map

For Students 9th - 10th
A chart showing the different characters in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar and the relationships between them.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Comparing and Contrasting Our Stories With a Double Bubble Map

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will identify the similarities and differences between different versions of fictional stories by completing a double bubble map. Included in this activity are teacher questions, a bubble map printable, a video of a class...
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Other

Shakespeare's Words: Julius Caesar: Character Circles

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of five Venn diagram circles showing the relationships between characters in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar and their roles in the play.
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University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Compare & Contrast

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Strategies to help students recognize similarities and differences provided by a standardized test preparation site intended for fourth grade. Includes strategies such as Character Frames, Character Mapping, Semantic Feature Analysis,...
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Other

Pixton: Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan on The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is available with a free trial registration. Learners use the provided illustrated characters and props to explore character, plot, and theme.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Lights, Camera, Action: Interviewing a Book Character

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Students get the inside scoop on a story when they create interview questions and answers for characters in the books they read.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Story Writing With Arthur

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This series of 12 downloadable activities teach students some basics of story writing, using books or videos from the PBS "Arthur" series as a springboard. Activities include creating story maps, asking questions about characters and...
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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: Let's Get to Know Big Al

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
During this lesson the students will read and discuss the story Big Al, by Andrew Clements. Students will identify the story elements of Big Al and complete a story element map. Students will also do a character analysis of Big Al.
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Better Lesson: Speaking and Listening: Collaborative Conversations

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Learners will partner read The Kite, by Alma Flor Ada. Then work together in small collaborative groups to describe the character of the mother, the children, or the kitten. Included in this lesson are video demonstrations, printable...
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Folger Shakespeare Library

Folger Shakespeare Library: Study Guide: Macbeth

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive study guide for teaching Shakespeare's Macbeth. Includes the a synopsis, a character map, historical context, a thematic study, and pre/post viewing activities. Links to re-mixing scenes from Macbeth, and an insider's guide.
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SMART Technologies

Smart: Developing Characters and Settings

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
In this activity provided by SMART, students will give reasons why they feel characters are important in a story. Students will explore how to create effective characters and settings in their own writing by using a character web.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Arizona Highlands, 1911

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from the U.S.Geological Survey Camelback quadrangle (1911) showing the waste-bordered mountains of the Arizona Highlands. The text notes the lack of a permanent stream, the large number of intermittent streams as shown by the...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Nature Cat: Story Exploration Packet

For Students Pre-K - 1st
As you watch Nature Cat, use these tools to guide discussions and learning activities. Includes printables on story elements, alternate endings, vocabulary words, character traits, an episode map, and a Venn diagram.
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Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Customizable Graphic Organizers

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides a series of graphic organizers for reading students. Forms are provided for plot, character analysis, reading logs, and reading responses.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Book Report Alternative: Examine Story Elements Using Comic Stri

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Comic frames are traditionally used to illustrate a story in a short, concise format. In this lesson, young scholars use a six-paneled comic strip frame to create a story map, summarizing a book or story that they have read. Each panel...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: It's Double Bubble Time!

For Teachers K
School isn't always what we expect it to be! With teacher guidance, students will use a double bubble map to compare and contrast two similar characters from two books.

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