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Daniel's Story Study Guide

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the plight of Jews during the Holocaust. In this World War II lesson, students read Daniel's Story by Carol Matas and complete the provided comprehension, characterization, and vocabulary activities.
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Organizer
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The Outsiders: Chapters 1-2 Questions

For Students 6th - 8th
For this fill-in-the-blank worksheet, middle schoolers identify specific details of the first two chapters of The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton. Graphic organizers are provided for two of the questions in order to help the student organize...
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What's Down There?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze data on coral reefs and use this to help characterize reefs.  In this mapping coral reefs lesson students identify and explain the major threats to coral reefs.
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The Play's the Thing: The Drama of Cyrano de Bergerac

For Teachers 8th
Students practice dramatic 'living' through various drama activities. In this drama lesson, students define drama, view examples of dramatic elements in Cyrano de Bergerac and Roxanne, define characterization within the dramas, study the...
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Twelfth Night Act 5

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Young scholars complete play analysis activities for Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. In this play analysis lesson, students read Act 5 and a summary of the play. Young scholars complete close reading analysis activities including...
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Character Motivation-Duke

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students explore a character's motivation in a text.  In this characterization lesson, students view a video about Duke Ellington. Students discuss motivations for Duke Ellington and write sentences explaining Ellington's changes.
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Twelfth Night Act 3 Scene 2

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students complete play analysis activities for Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Act 3 Scene 2. In this play analysis lesson, students read the scene and a summary of it. Students complete close reading activities of discussion points, and...
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Problem and Solution Lesson

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore problems and solutions in literature. In this literature lesson, students identify problems and solutions in short guided and independent reading samples. Students also discuss characterization techniques used to develop...
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Diversity Ecosystems

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work in teams to characterize their biomes and compare them to the biomes of the rest of the class. In this biomes lesson plan, students complete a bean activity, relate it to the diversity in biomes, and then research and...
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Writing Process

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students read Macbeth and work in groups to organize and create an outline for a persuasive essay. In this persuasive essay lesson, students work in tiered learning groups to organize their thoughts for a persuasive thesis about the...
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Charolotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall-paper" - the "New Woman"

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students analyze the life of American middle to upper-class women in the mid- to late-nineteenth century and early twentieth century. In this women's suffrage lesson, students visit the given links in the lesson to analyze the changing...
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The Sun Also Rises by Earnest Hemingway

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners explore The Sun Also Rises by Earnest Hemingway. In this characterization lesson plan, students make notations about the characters as they read the book. Learners write an essay on the characters Robert Cohn, Jake Barnes, and...
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Catherine, Called Birdy: February and March

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners discuss characterization and relate to the main character in Catherine, Called Birdy.  In this Catherine, Called Birdy lesson, students discuss passages that are comedic and sad and the effect they have on their understanding of...
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Novel Lesson 3

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners examine the horrors of war through literature. In this Vietnam lesson, students read Fallen Angels and participate in discussion groups that focus on characterization and the realism of war included in the novel.
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Novel Lesson 6 (Closing Lesson)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the horrors of war through literature. In this Vietnam lesson, students read Fallen Angels and participate in discussion groups that focus on characterization and the realism of war included in the novel. This is the...
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The Appliance of Science

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students delve into science fiction. In this Doctor Who instructional activity, students discuss the success of the British television show and then create pieces of writing and art that characterize Doctor Who. Students also visit...
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The Little Prince Quiz

For Students 7th - 9th
In this The Little Prince worksheet, students determine answers to questions about plot, characterization, and narrator of The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
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The Return of the King: Quiz

For Students 8th - 10th
In this The Return of the King worksheet, students determine the correct response to a series of questions pertaining to the plot and characterization in The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkein.
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Oliver Twist Quiz

For Students 6th - 9th
In this Oliver Twist worksheet, students determine answers to questions pertaining to plot, characterization, and purpose of the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin Quiz

For Students 8th - 10th
In this Uncle Tom's Cabin worksheet, students determine answers to questions pertaining to characterization, plot, and setting in Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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Animal Farm Study Questions and Essay Topics

For Students 7th - 10th
In this literature instructional activity, students think critically about characterization, perspective, rhetoric, and the message of the novel, Animal Farm by George Orwell. Students also discuss why Orwell chose a fable as political...
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Fool For Love Study Questions and Suggested Essay Topics

For Students 9th - 12th
In this Fool for Love worksheet, students analyze theme and characterization of this play about a dysfunctional family.  They also consider the meaning of the title and discuss setting of the play.
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The Idiot: Study Questions and Suggested Essay Topics

For Students 10th - 12th
In this The Idiot worksheet, students discuss setting, plot, and the motif of alienation, then analyze characterization and theme.
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The Killer Angels Quiz

For Students 9th - 11th
In this The Killer Angels worksheet, students determine answers to questions on plot, characterization, and setting of The Killer Angels  by Michael Shaara.

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