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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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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.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Examining Character Motivation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
During this unit, students will ask "Why do we do what we do?" They will read different novels to analyze character motivation. Throughout the unit they will debate whether they think characters made smart choices and why. They will also...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Reading and Writing About Miss Moo

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Lesson for early elementary and special education students utlizing the book Miss Moo Goes to the Zoo by Kelly Graves and graphic organizers to identify elements in a story (title, author, setting, characters, etc.). Students participate...
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

For Students 9th - 10th
This Bibliomania website features the full text of Lewis Carroll's famous children's book, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." A summary note explains the context of the novel and introducing its characters and major plot elements.