PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Clifford El Gran Perro Colorado: Grande O Pequeno? Lo Podemos Clasificar Todo!
Encuentre lo que es similar y lo que es diferente mientras exploran objetos.
City University of New York
Cuny Brooklyn: Literary Terms
Site gives definitions of many literary terms including "characterization."
British Council
British Council: Learn English Kids: Voyage of the Animal Orchestra
Use this story of the shipwrecked animals in the orchestra to focus on plot, characters, and sequence of a story. Included are assessment activities and flash cards.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement:narrative and Persona in the Poetry of Robert Frost
Using Frost's famous poem, "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening" as an example of narrative poetry, students explore the artistry and significance of the narrative poem. In addition, this lesson plan provides suggestions for writing...
American Forum for Global Education
American Forum for Global Education: Introducing Myself & Others
Lesson plans teachers can use to promote self-understanding, cultural understanding, and the interconnectedness of people and cultures.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Nature/national Geographic: Flora's Background and Motivation
Learn about what motivated Flora, a woman from the city, to move to the African bush in this short video from Nature/National Geographic. This is one in a series of three videos about Flora's life. [7:00]
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Lying, Cheating, Stealing
A four part NPR series on contemporary ethics, one part talks starts with whether one should eat a grape in the supermarket without paying for it, and then expands the topic. The second part is corporation/business ethics. The third is...
Yale University
Yale University: Elements of the Short Story
This unit from the Yale University on elements of the short story is designed to develop student comprehension skills, particularly making inferences and generalizing. It also involves students in reading a number of short stories to...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Same and Different Ways of Thinking [Pdf]
A graphic organizer for students to use when comparing the thoughts of two different characters. A blank organizer and a completed sample are provided.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Fairy Tales in New Settings
After reading Bubba, The Cowboy Prince by Helen Ketteman, the writer will first choose a fairy tale that he/she is very familiar with. Next, he/she will choose a completely different setting (time and place) for their story. The writer...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Other Bad Cases to Write About
After reading A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon the writer will plan an original story where an unusual affliction affects a character and is eventually solved. The students will use strong and memorable details as they convey their...
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: I Can Analyze a Story or History [Pdf]
This graphic organizer can be used to help students analyze a story or a historical event. Students will look closely at the story's characters or people involved in the historical event. Then they will summarize the story or event, and...
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: I Can Identify and Infer Character Traits[pdf]
Students will identify character traits directly and inferentially with the help of this graphic organizer. Students will summarize their findings after completing the graphic organizer.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: Evaluate Decisions [Pdf]
A nonfiction graphic organizer is available to help students evaluate decisions of people. Students will analyze how characters interact and develop throughout the course of a nonfiction text.
Other
Writing Is Exciting!
Students and teachers can use this site to find detailed information on effective and creative story writing.
The English Teacher
Teacher2b.com: Notes for "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Review notes for the novel "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee.
Other
Literature Unit: "A Day No Pigs Would Die"
This site features questions for each of the chapters in Robert Newton Peck's "A Day No Pigs Would Die."
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: I Can Identify and Infer Character Traits[pdf]
A poster offers guiding questions to help students with identifying character traits. Guiding questions are also provided to help them support their inferences about the character traits.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Book Report Alternative: Examine Story Elements Using Comic Stri
Comic frames are traditionally used to illustrate a story in a short, concise format. In this lesson, students use a six-paneled comic strip frame to create a story map, summarizing a book or story that they have read. Each panel retells...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Lights, Camera, Action: Interviewing a Book Character
Middle schoolers get the inside scoop on a story when they create interview questions and answers for characters in the books they read.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Planning Story Characters Using Interactive Trading Cards
Students use trading cards to examine fictional characters in a story.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Get the Reel Scoop: Comparing Books to Movies
Students compare a book to its film adaptation, and then perform readers theater of a scene from the book that they feel was not well represented in the movie version.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Using Picture Books to Teach Plot Development and Confict Res.
Students read picture books to explore the concepts of plot development and conflict resolution. They first learn about the connections between reading and writing, and then revise their own writing. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.4
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: King Richard Ii
This site has some famous quotations from William Shakespeare's play "King Richard III". Use the next link to find more quotes.