Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Using Fairy Tales to Teach the Short Stories

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Familiar fairy tales are used as guides to help students analyze the elements of the short story: plot, theme, setting, point of view, and character.
Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Great Expectations

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Discovery Channel School offers a lesson plan regarding the study of Charles Dickens novel, "Great Expectations." Students are asked to note that a writer considers theme, plot, characters, setting, and point of view when writing a...
Unit Plan
Other

Book Rags: Johnny Tremain Plot Summary

For Students 6th - 8th
This plot summary is useful for those who have read "Johnny Tremain" and want to refresh their knowledge of the characters, and major events.
Interactive
Quizlet

Quizlet: R.3 Analyze How and Why Individuals, Events, or Ideas, Develop/interact

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Please align to CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.3 Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Thomas Hardy: Far From the Madding Crowd

For Students 9th - 10th
At this website, read "Far from the Madding Crowd," in its entirety. The text of this Thomas Hardy novel is organized by chapter and it preceded by a brief paragraph introducing setting, plot, and characters of "The Madding Crowd."
Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Thomas Hardy: The Mayor of Casterbridge

For Students 9th - 10th
Read Thomas Hardy's novel, "The Mayor of Casterbridge." The book's 45 chapters are preceded by information on its setting, characters, and plot.
Website
State University of New York

Oneonta: Reading "The Pioneers" as History

For Students 9th - 10th
This detailed site provides a guide for reading "The Pioneers" by James Fenimore Cooper. Includes background information about the book, a description of the setting and form, a list and description of principal characters, and...
Activity
Shmoop University

Shmoop: Things Fall Apart

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This fascinating novel, Things Fall Apart, was written as a novel but is also a documentation of Africa's spiritual background. Read about the plot, setting, characters and theme in this most interesting site. A map is also provided that...
Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: The Giver

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This blendspace includes thirty-two spaces with content connected to Lois Lowry's dystopia novel, The Giver. Links include novel discussion questions, author interviews, and video tutorials to review literary topics.