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"Et tu, Brute?" - The Characters, Conflict and Historical context of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
Students analyze the Shakespearian play, "Julius Caesar" in this seven lesson unit. Through readings, hands-on projects, and the study of plot development, comparisons are made to the movie and the historical records available.
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What is the Population Distribution of Cartoon Characters Living On the Pages of Your Newspaper?
Learners read various cartoons in their local newspaper and calculate the population demographics, spatial distribution and grouping of the characters. Using this information, they create a population distribution map and share them with...
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Memoirs and Personal Essays
Students can then pinpoint problems the characters experience and interview their parents to see if they too may have once faced a similar problem. Interviews with family members can be recorded by students in their home language.
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What? You want me to read AND enjoy it?
Students appreciate independent reading through learning about authors and genre.
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And Tomorrow's Forecast Is...
Students create original short stories that feature distinctive weather phenomena, such as rainbows, snowstorms, tornadoes, thunder and/or lightning. They use a story map, imbedded in this plane, to help them organize their story.
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Friday and Friends: A Journey with Else Holmelund Minarik's Little Bear Stories for the Young Child
Students are read a series of stories with the use of puppets. For each story, they write their reflections and share them with the class. They discuss why it is important to be social with others and create their own invitation to...
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A Couple of Kooks and Other Stories About Love
Pupils read an article about teenage pregnancy and the story, "A Couple of Kooks and Other Stories About Love," making notes about how the pregnant teens are characterized. They then compare and contrast the views of pregnant teens in a...
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Responsibility and Jobs
Students identify community helpers. In this philanthropy lesson plan, students read Strega Nona and identify different characters' responsibilities in the story. Students use character traits to describe the main characters and make a...
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The Adventure of Negative clue and Alice World
Students read the story "The Adventure of the Negative Clue" and design an Alice World for the story's setting. For this reading analysis lesson, students read the story and complete a story map. Students use the Alice program to design...
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"I am determined to prove a villain" Richard III, Shakespeare, and the Creation of Villains
Young scholars create a list of historical and fictional figures to identify their villainous behaviors and qualities. In this Shakespeare instructional activity, students discuss historical and fictional villains and their common...
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Focus on Figurative Language in Prose and Poetry
Students place emphasis on the use of figurative language when analyzing prose and poetry. For this figurative language lesson, students explore the tone of a story and its imagery. Students read and discuss how the author uses imagery...
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Looking at Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes
Young scholars read about a god, goddess, or hero and compare two images of him or her.
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Connecting Characters and Themes in Julius Caesar
Fourth graders prepare for the literary analysis. They locate, interpret, evaluate and analyze the relationship between a character and the theme. After a lecture/demo, 4th graders write topic and detail sentences, then correctly put...
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How Perceptions of Cultures Influences Perceptions and Historical Outcomes
Learners research different ethnic groups that lived in the United States. They compare and contrast Spanish, African American and Native American cultures and how American culture interacted with them. They present their findings...
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Decision Making and Assertiveness
Fourth graders identify a problem and write a persuasive essay to the appropriate audience, to correct the problem. They demonstrate effective decision making based on positive self-worth. Students need to write a paragraph about their...
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Goldilock and the Three Bears
Students explore folktales. They create artwork that represents the setting, charactes, and key events of the story. Working collaboratively, students assemble their own artwork to create a class mural. Working collaboratively,...
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