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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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Building Characters With Adversity

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Extensive and very interesting article advising the reader on how to develop characters through adversity.
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Caro Clarke

Caro Clarke: What Is Conflict?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is the sixth in a series of articles designed to help the new writer with their novel. This article focuses on conflict and how it effects the characters and the plot of the story. W.11-12.3a Narratives
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National Writing Project: Collaborating to Write Dialogue

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
In this lesson, writing partners work together to develop a plot and characters. The lesson emphasizes the use of dialogue to develop the characters and plot of the story.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Dialogue With Student Created Characters

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
This lesson is designed to help young scholars 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...