Can Teach
Can Teach: Dear Character
In this lesson plan students will demonstrate reading comprehension and writing skills by writing a letter to a character in a story. Lesson plan indicated for 3rd grade and above, but could be adapted for younger grades.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Road to Freedom Through Research and Historical Fiction
Students learn how to walk a mile in someone else's shoes by reading historical fiction about the Underground Railroad. This is a lengthy unit of four lessons that spans thirty lesson periods where students examine characteristics of...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: I Am Poems
Learners will write and illustrate I Am poems. An I Am poem is an 18-line, three-stanza poem which students write about themselves, or a real or fictitious character. When all learners have presented their poems to their classmates, the...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Reading Response Activities for Geronimo Stilton Book Series
Practice reading and comprehensions skills using the Geronimo Stilton book series. Choose activities from areas such as character studies, analysis of words and pictures, plot and making predictions. Reproducibles are included.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Who Do You Think You Are?
Students will demonstrate an understanding of character through improvisation. Students will imagine and clearly describe their characters through performance. They will relate a character's actions and emotions and create a setting.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Getting to Know Characters
In this language development lesson 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 of analyzing...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Flying to Freedom: Tar Beach & the People Could Fly
Comparing and contrasting works and looking for underlying themes and messages are at the heart of this multicultural lesson plan. Provides links to several background resources, and suggestions for assessment.
HotChalk
Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: The Nature of the Antagonist
This lesson plan teaches students to understand the differences between protagonists and antagonists, to recognize a "villain" in storytelling, and to understand conflict as used in literature.
Teachers.net
Teachers.net: Venn Diagrams With the Pain and the Great One
Come and check out this awesome lesson plan featuring Judy Blume's book, "The Pain and the Great One." Students will have an opportunity to learn about comparing and contrasting through this Venn diagram lesson plan.
Other
Literature Lesson Plan
This lesson plan is for a character study that uses butcher paper, pens, pencils, and copies of assigned book. Learners then complete a character study on at least two major characters.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Three Shots: Ernest Hemingway's Nick Adams
In this lesson plan, students will consider Three Shots: Ernest Hemingway's Nick Adams. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab. In this lesson, students study issues related to independence and...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Fairy Tales From Life
A guideline for helping students to write their own fairy tales. This is a fun activity that will help students to analyze a literary style and follow a pattern.
Other
Steilacoom Historical School District No. 1: Dramatic Justice [Pdf]
In this instructional activity unit, students investigate how justice is perceived and addressed in different cultures and times by examining literature from around the world. Texts examined include: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, A...
Other
Literature Learning Ladders: A Long Way From Chicago
Check out this informative site about "A Long Way From Chicago" by Richard Peck and learn about small-town life during the Depression in seven short stories for the years 1929 through 1942.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Using Online Technology to Explore Characterization and Style
Young scholars use social networking sites to trace the development of characters by assuming the persona of a character on the class Ning and sending a set number of tweets, or status updates.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Richard Peck
What do you know about Richard Peck's life and work as an author? Use this informative site to learn more about this young adult author and to find resources for lesson plans.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Research Essay for the Turn of the Screw
This PDF lesson plan is for learners to write a 5-7 page essay which uses research to support their stance on a topic. For this essay, the students will argue whether they believe the character of the Governess, from Henry James' The...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: "Batty" About Bats!! (Reading)
As a part of a week-long unit about bats, the students will identify the characteristics of a bat and organize the facts using Think-sheets. Student understanding will be enhanced with the use of books, poems, lectures, discussions,...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Judy Blume Lesson Plans
This educational site features links to lesson plans, learning activities, and more for several of Judy Blume's works. It also provides links to biographical information about this young-adult and children's author.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Joan Lowery Nixon
Explore the life and work of the author Joan Lowery Nixon when you visit this site. This resource features several links to more information on this author and her work.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Fairytale Homes
Learners will have a chance to show their understanding of their favorite fairy tales by building homes for the characters.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Can You Solve the Problem?
During this lesson, students 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 to...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Teaching the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales
In this self-directed study involving research, composition, and presentation, students analyze Chaucer's characters of The Canterbury Tales as presented in the Prologue. Each student casts a modern personality in the role of one of the...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Powerful Book Reports
This lesson allows learners to identify the critical components of a story while developing expertise in creating and presenting multimedia presentations.