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Much Ado About Nothing: Masks

For Students 3rd - 6th
in this character worksheet, students fill out a sheet about the characters in the book Much Ado About Nothing and write their character traits and evidence of this trait. Students do this for 6 characters.
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What's My Job?: comprehension skills

For Students 2nd
In this comprehension skills worksheet, 2nd graders read the book What's My Job? and complete comprehension activities. Students complete 5 activities including setting, character traits, summarizing, main idea/details, and drawing...
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Characters in Nathaniel Hawthorne's Stories

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students read literature by Nathaniel Hawthorne and write an essay comparing the main characters in the two stories. In this character analysis activity, students read the stories Young Goodman Brown and The Minister's Black Veil....
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Frog and Toad All Year: comprehension skills

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this comprehension skills worksheet, students read the book Frog and Toad All Year and complete comprehension activities. Students complete 5 activities including cause and effect, drawing conclusions, predicting, and character.
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Writing a Short Story - Weather

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students write a short story based on the weather condition they chose. in this short story lesson plan, students must include a theme, setting, characters, and plot.
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Mythology

For Students 10th
In this mythology and poetry worksheet, 10th graders write poems about characters from mythology. Students use the diamond form to write their character poems.
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Character Cluster

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders practice identifying characters and story elements by creating a character cluster in class.  In this story analysis lesson, 3rd graders discuss the story Snow White and identify the characteristics of the evil witch....
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Writing a Tall Tale

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate tall tales. For this tall tales lesson, students read tall tales, then write their own. Students focus on writing about exciting character development, plots, and scenes. Students edit and revise their papers...
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Characterization Group Search

For Students 7th - 9th
In this characterization worksheet, students identify the traits harbored by a character in a work of literature.  Students work cooperatively to locate proof that the character exhibits these traits and then vote on the accuracy of...
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Acronyms - Characters in Hawthorne's Stories

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore the characters in "The Minister's Black Veil" and "Young Goodman Brown."  In this literature activity, students review examples of acronyms. Students write acronyms for the characters in these stories written by...
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Acronymns - The Hound of the Baskervilles

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore the characters in The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. For this literature lesson, students review examples of acronyms. Students write acronyms using the names of the characters in the book and...
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Acronyms - Characters in The Hobbit

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars explore acronyms. In this literature activity, students review the definition acronym and examples. Young scholars write the names of the characters in The Hobbit  by J.R.R. Tolkien and create an acronym for each...
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The Sun Also Rises by Earnest Hemingway

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore The Sun Also Rises by Earnest Hemingway. In this characterization lesson, students make notations about the characters as they read the book. Students write an essay on the characters Robert Cohn, Jake Barnes, and Brett...
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Character Traits

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify the story elements in stories. In this story element lesson, 1st graders read The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter and they identify the characters, character traits, setting, problem, and solution. They...
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Life Size Characters

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders analyze character traits and create a life size character outline. In this character analysis lesson, 6th graders analyze character traits of a character using character webs and poems. Students then create a life size...
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Reader's Theater with a Twist

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create a Reader's Theater script. For this reader's theater lesson, 2nd graders create their own script of a story in groups. They make props and act them out on FlipVideo and voice thread. 
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Portraits That Capture Character

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students analyze two of Dorothea Lange's portraits and create their own portraits of classmates. In this portrait analysis lesson, students define portrait and discuss two images of Lange's. Students interview a classmate and use Lange's...
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Heroes, Kindness, and "To Kill a Mockingbird"

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Pupils explore the concept of heroism. In this character education lesson plan, students reflect on the actions of the characters in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird as they create mission statements for Atticus Finch and prepare...
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Freckle Juice - Lesson 3

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students complete activities with the book Freckle Juice by Judy Blume. For this literature lesson, students read Chapter two and find the definitions for new vocabulary words. They also complete an online activity for...
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Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path" in Graphical Representation

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students analyze graphical forms of Eudora Welty and interpret the shorts stories in the representations. In this graphical representations lesson, students analyze the short story genre in comic strips. Students then create their own...
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Learning to Analyze Characters

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners discover writing strategies authors use to enhance characters.  In this character writing instructional activity, students are read the Knuffle Bunny books by Mo Willems and analyze the story, characters and settings as...
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Creating a Character

For Students 6th - 8th
In this creating a character learning exercise, students identify an interesting person from their written sources.  Students will create details to describe their character's physical characteristics, clothing, speech, and...
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Writing Applications

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders read the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and complete characterization activities. In this characterization lesson, 10th graders work in tiers to examine the text for evidence about the way Dickens uses the...
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars identify the use of characterization in Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. In this characterization lesson, students define characterization and write descriptive paragraphs about Maya Angelou's grandmother....