Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Never, Ever Give Up!
This lesson plan introduces the importance of perseverance. Students will discover that success comes through perseverance. Students will also have the opportunity to research Abraham Lincoln on the Internet to document examples of...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Little Red Riding Hood: Text
This is an adaptation of the fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood" in text format.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Modern Little Red Riding Hood: Video
As you watch this updated story of Little Red Riding Hood, notice the traits, motivations, and feelings of the characters in the story. Check out the additional activities including Guided viewing. Students describe characters in a story...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Writing a Simple Book Report With Your Listening Center
You probably have a listening center in your room. This lesson shows your students how to describe the characters and setting in a story after they've listened to the story on tape.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Frog and Toad Are Friends the Story
During this lesson, 1st graders will sequence events in "Frog and Toad Are Friends" by Arnold Lobel, describe the problem and solution, and describe the characters.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Interpreting Characters, Setting, Plot, & Theme: Triangle...
Middle schoolers will view video documenting the real-life story of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in 1911. Students will complete a story elements graphic organizer. This organizer will help them distinguish various story elements...
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Philip Pullman's Introduction to Paradise Lost
Philip Pullman first read Paradise Lost as a schoolboy and was dazzled by the sound of its poetry as he and his classmates read it aloud. Since then, he has become fascinated by Milton's tremendous powers of storytelling, and how he...
British Library
British Library: Teaching Resources: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Dreams, Illusion and Doubling
In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare explores and reflects upon Elizabethan debates around the nature of dreams. These activities revolve around how the structure, characters and themes in A Midsummer Night's Dream reflect this...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 5: Wonderstruck
Fifth graders learn about the importance of language, education, and communication. By determining how characters respond to challenges of language barriers and ineffective communication, 5th graders learn how language and stories can...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 4: The Whipping Boy
This unit explores the history of the Middle Ages through the fictional tale of two unlikely friends, Price Brat and his whipping boy. The Middle Ages was defined by a strict class system in government and economy. The novel explores the...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Discussion on Perception
A class discussion to gain a greater understanding of a person's life experiences and how they can change our perception of them.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Character Development
Students read Act II, scene 3 from Romeo and Juliet and explore how Shakespeare develops Friar Lawrence's characteristics.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Act Ii
Ninth graders read Act II of Romeo and Juliet and deepen their understanding about characters and themes in the play by examining Shakespeare's use of images.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Chapter Four
Read chapter four from The Joy Luck Club to answer questions about character interactions.
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Character Development
Read part three, chapter three from The Joy Luck Club to answer questions about Ted and Rose.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Character Development
Read part three, chapters one and two from The Joy Luck Club to explore the characters Harold, Lena and Rich.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Part Four, Chapter Three
React to part four, chapter three from The Joy Luck Club to discover how Lindo convinces her husband to marry her.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Character Development
Read part four, chapter two from The Joy Luck Club to explore the character, Ying Ying.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Character Development
Read part four, chapter one from The Joy Luck Club to explore the characters An-Mei and her mother.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Character Development
Students respond to a prompt by writing about how the development of a character can affect the narrative.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Part Two, Chapters Three and Four
React to part two, chapters three and four from The Joy Luck Club to examine parenting style of two characters.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Character Development
We will react to part two, chapter two from The Joy Luck Club to explore some character interactions.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Character Development
We will react to part two, chapter two from The Joy Luck Club to explore character interactions.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Examine Character Relationships
Ninth graders read part two of The Joy Luck Club and examine how the mothering style of the members of the Joy Luck Club affected their daughter's perception of mothers.