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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Dialogue With Student Created Characters

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
This lesson is designed to help students understand the importance of character development when writing stories of their own. It also helps them understand the process authors use when writing novels and other stories. During this...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Getting to Know Characters

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
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...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Iste Nets: Creating a Heroic Character (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This lesson sequence, provided by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), encourages students to develop a fully realized heroic character and then, through the use of multimedia software, communicate that hero's...
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EL Education

El Education: Vinnie Di Carlo

For Students 4th - 7th
An online book entitled Vinnie DiCarlo by fifth and sixth grade students from Shutesbury Elementary School in Shutesbury, Massachusetts. The book includes an in-depth character study based on a character created by the students and...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Characters In

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Contains plans for five lessons for the book "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo. Young scholars create lists of ten to summarize the features of characters. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Serendipitous Superheroes

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this activity, SuperHero ABC, a book written by Bob McLeod, and Meanwhile, a book by Jules Feiffer, are used as mentor texts. Students will work in groups and create lists of unique superhero powers that start with different letters...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Creating Careers for Characters

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Interactive lesson 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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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Chinese Calligraphy & Ink Painting

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore Chinese culture while creating unique pieces of calligraphy with watercolor paint. This two-part lesson plan includes an assessment rubric and a list of sources to use as a reference.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Short Adventure Stories

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Inspired by the interactive plot ideas here, writers will create an original three-paragraph adventure story. First, each writer will create an original adventurer. Next, each writer will place the adventurer in a brief, organized...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: To Kill a Mockingbird Character Interviews Podcast

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will write and produce character interviews based on the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. The interviews will be produced as a podcast based on characters from the novel and students' interpretation of the events in the novel, as...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Silly Story Builder: Martha Speaks

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
This activity will help children build vocabulary, become familiar with essential parts of a story, and develop story sequencing skills. They can create silly stories by drawing story parts out of a bag.
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Education.com

Education.com: W.3.3 B Worksheets: Use Dialogue and Descriptions

For Students 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 30 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard W.3.3B: Write Narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using...
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Ideabook.com: The Language of Type

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Ideabook.com supplies keyboard instructions (PC & MAC) to create various symbols for mathematics, commerce, finance, weights & measures, punctuation, & reference.
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New Zealand Ministry of Education

Nz Ministry of Education: Survival of the Fittest

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will gather, select, record, interpret, and present information on survivors and their survival strategies gained from reading the novel Hatchet and true life survival biographies. They will produce a piece of comparative...
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EL Education

El Education: This Is Why I Cry

For Teachers 7th - 8th Standards
Students gain a deeper understanding of slavery by creating an accurate portrayal of a character from history. Each historical character file they create contains a portrait, a biographical narrative, a character map, a bibliography, and...
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Bharati Mukherjee

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Interview with fiction writer Bharati Mukherjee, famous for her use of symbolism in writing. Includes some biographical information and Mukherjee's opinions on some the symbolic characters she has created and her viewpoint on her own...
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Harold D. Underdown

Writing Young Adult and Children's Fiction and Fantasy

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A great article concerning writing children's literature, especially in the area of fantasy or science fiction. The author provides information concerning how to develop characters, creating literary elements, and discusses some pitfalls...
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Success Link

Success Link: Lewis and Clark Come Alive

For Teachers 4th - 6th
After students research individual members of the Corps of Discovery, they create a living museum of "characters" as they take on the persona of one of the members and present the information they've discovered. Included is a pre/post...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Character Metaphors the Great Gatsby

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The students will explore characters by creating metaphors with pictures. Using a gingerbread styled template and pictures collected from magazines, clip art, or other sources, the students will paste pictures which represent specific...
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Philip Pullman's Introduction to Paradise Lost

For Students 9th - 10th
Philip Pullman first read Paradise Lost as a schoolboy and was dazzled by the sound of its poetry as he and his classmates read it aloud. Since then, he has become fascinated by Milton's tremendous powers of storytelling, and how he...

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