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Study Guide: Fahrenheit 451 "The Hearth and The Salamander"

For Students 7th - 10th
In this study guide for Fahrenheit 451, students must complete a variety of activities to review the reading. Students define vocabulary and literary terms, describe characters and answer comprehension questions based on the reading.
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ReadWriteThink

Sonic Patterns: Exploring Poetic Techniques Through Close Reading

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Robert Hayden's poem "Those Winter Sundays" serves as the anchor text in a five-part lesson that takes the mystery out of poetry analysis by modeling explicit strategies for pupils to employ to conduct a close reading of a poem. After...
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Learning to Give

Teaching Playwriting in Schools

For Teachers 1st - 12th Standards
The world is a stage, and so is your classroom! Hone the skills of the next generation of Tony® award winners with a set of exercises, reference pages, writing prompts, and excerpts from famous plays.
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Understanding Character

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Readers practice character analysis by reviewing Gary Soto's short story "La Bamba" with the whole class (anything you've read together will work). They design t-shirts that feature traits and story elements to reveal the nature of a...
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The World Around Me

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Combining visual and language arts, here is a resource that prompts middle schoolers to write stories based on pictures of their surroundings. They use digital cameras to take pictures of favorite areas in the school. Next, they choose...
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Shakespeare 2000

For Teachers 12th Standards
Young thespians can try their hand at writing a script and acting out a scene, while gaining a deeper understanding of the universal topics presented in Shakespeare's wide array of plays. Begin the lesson by conducting a compare and...
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Writing
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Packet

For Students 9th - 12th
Readers of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn are directed to complete two projects as a part of their study of Mark Twain’s novel.  Individuals craft an organized notebook containing all their work during the study, and they research...
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Plot of a Short Story (SMART Board)

For Teachers 8th
Help your pupils track the plot of a short story with this SMART Board activity. Using the short story "The Dinner Party" by Mona Gardner (though the lesson would work with any other short story), they define the exposition, rising...
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Story Development through Japanese art

For Teachers 7th
A classic Japanese print is attached to this instructional activity and its up to your class to write a story about it. Pretending the image is an illustration, they use what they know about Japanese mythology to compose a short story...
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Ponyboy, What's a Theme?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders seek supporting proof of major conflicts and themes in the novel, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan which has them identify the conflict in each chapter of the book.
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Using Short Stories to Teach Vocabulary and Literary Terms

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students apply vocabulary activities to two short stories in order to increase their comprehension skills. They complete three lessons in which they examine irony, examine how it is used in text, and design an ironic skit. Also, the look...
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How the West was Won? Conflict and Change on the Western Frontier

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders assess the conflict and change that occurred in the westward expansion following the Civil War. They list specific reasons why different groups moved west and the interaction between the "white" European civilization and...
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Thank You Ma'am Langston Hughes Process of Discovering Theme

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify the elements of the plot and identify and express this story?????™s theme.
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Writer's Workshop

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners explore and study the literary genre of internal conflict while reading the book, "Stellaluna," by Janelle Cannon. They discuss the main character and make a chart of different situations where the main character experienced...
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What Happens in the First Nine Months?

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students identify their feelings and learn constructive ways of handling conflict.  In this conflict lesson students discuss their feelings and when they are feeling a certain way what they can do to remedy the situation. 
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Relationship Between the Protagonist and Antagonist

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars read Hansel and Gretel, and discuss the conflict in the story, while determining who the protagonist and the antagonist are.  For this fiction lesson, students chart the conflict in the story they have just read. 
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Of Mice And Men: Chapter 2 Reading And Study Guide

For Teachers 8th - 12th
In this comprehension check worksheet, students define 5 vocabulary words, define 5 literary terms, and respond to 16 short answer questions pertaining to chapter 2 of Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men in order to help them better understand...
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Worksheet
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Story map

For Students 4th - 5th
In this story map activity, students fill in a story map that contains the elements of conflict in a story. Students answer the questions of who, what, and why.
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Dying to be a Martyr

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students evaluate different religions related to Israel and analyze why the Middle East conflict began and still continues today.  In this religious studies lesson students discuss religion and explain why groups sometimes turn to...
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Plot and Conflict

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students review the literary elements of plot and conflict. In this plot and conflict lesson, students read a story and answer questions about the plot and conflict within. Students create a concept map for the novel to identify the...
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Handout
Novelinks

Tunes for Bears to Dance to: Concept Analysis

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Considering using Robert Cormier's young adult novel, Tunes for Bears to Dance to for book circles or as a whole-class anchor text? Check out this overview of the key concepts and issues raised by the novel.
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Printables
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Current Events Rubric

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Here is a rubric that can be used for your next current event assignment. It details what should be included in each paragraph of the event description and analysis, as well as other requirements for work habits and presentation.
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Literature Soundtracks

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Mix music into your literature class! After reading a novel (either in class or as outside reading), your mix masters create a soundtrack of 10 songs to accompany their reading. What does each song add to the story? A fun activity for all! 
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Drama from Animal Characters

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Learn about animal habitats, characteristics, and writing in a different perspective. The class composes a narrative from the perspective of a fresh water animal, they include a problem and the animal's reaction to the problem. The...

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