University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "Do You Mean?"
Excellent classroom activities for building students' character. Used to motivate students to use higher-level thinking skills, read, and develop an appreciation for their culture. Good resource.
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Alex: To Kill a Mockingbird: Building Knowledge
As a conclusion to a class study of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, students create models and pictures based on the novel's descriptions to illustrate the effect of setting on plot and character.
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Read Works: The Process of Acting
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about acting and how one actor prepares for her roles. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Helping a Friend
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a little girl named Zoe who knows that helping a friend is more important than winning. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: I Need Quiet!
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Kahlil who figured out a way to eliminate noisy distractions so he could read. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Aunt Melba
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a crazy relative, a clairvoyant aunt named Melba. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Princess Lily
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a princess named Lily who does not the act way her parents think a princess should act. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Hide and Seek
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Tracy who played hide and seek with the cousins she was babysitting. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Jake and Alice
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about genetic traits, what they determine, and how they mutate. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Scholastic
Scholastic Instructor: Hooray for Heroes
Find out what characteristics define a hero when you check out this resource. This site provides activities and lesson plans.
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Better Lesson: W.4.9a: Apply Grade 4 Reading Standards to Literature
Links to 8 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard W.4.9a: Apply grade 4 reading standards to literature (e.g., Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Fly to Freedom
Students build a working definition of slavery by looking at examples and non-examples, use the book The People Could Fly by Virginia Hamilton to identify internal and external conflict, and finally complete a writing assignment focusing...
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Read Works: Native American
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about Native American daily life. A question sheet is available to help students build reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: My Life
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the Quabbin Lake Singers who share their Native American culture through song. A question sheet is available to help students build reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: Instrumental Talent
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about Ruby Jane Smith, a 12-year-old who plays 11 different instruments. A question sheet is available to help students build reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: Boys' Choir of Harlem
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the Boys Choir of Harlem. A question sheet is available to help students build reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: Massive Monument: The Crazy Horse Memorial
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about a sculpture in memory of Crazy Horse. A question sheet is available to help students build reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: Kid Ambassadors
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about two ten-year-old boys who learn to be ambassadors through the People to People Student Ambassador Program. A question sheet is available to help students build reading comprehension...
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Read Works: Meerkat Lessons
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about an African mammal called a meerkat. A question sheet is available to help students build reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: The Chimps Champ
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about Jane Goodall, scientist, researcher, and environmentalist. A question sheet is available to help students build reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: Protecting the Platypus
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about protesters who are trying to protect the habitat of the platypus in Australia. A question sheet is available to help students build reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: Kwan's Crusade
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about Michelle Kwan becoming a public diplomat for the United States. A question sheet is available to help students build reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: Big Dreams
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about a disabled man from Ghana who became a triathlete. A question sheet is available to help students build reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: Deep Sea Search
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about Amelia Earhart and the search after her disappearance. A question sheet is available to help students build reading comprehension skills.