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The Giraffe Heroes Project

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The Giraffe Heroes Project honors people "who stick their necks out for the common good." This site tells the stories of these ordinary people who have shown the character to stand up against injustice or misfortune in real, effective...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: I Need Quiet!

For Teachers K Standards
[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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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Hide and Seek

For Teachers 4th
[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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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Fairytale Homes

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Students will have a chance to show their understanding of their favorite fairy tales by building homes for the characters.
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Yesterday's Classics: Baldwin Project: More Jataka Tales: Table of Contents

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Links to twenty-one different fables from the book More Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt. Written in the Jataka tradition from India, these tales are interesting and teach life and character-building lessons to readers. An illustrated...
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Lesson Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 7: A Christmas Carol

For Teachers 7th Standards
Seventh graders learn that writers use stories and distinctive characters to teach us lessons. Students will explore how the choices of characters affect the plot and build the theme of a story. Students will come to understand that...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Breaking Barriers: Critical Discussion of Social Issues

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Through a series of picture book read-alouds and journal entries, students engage in critical discussion of complex issues of race, class, and gender.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Helping a Friend

For Teachers K Standards
[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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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Maezli by Johanna Spyri

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is the complete text of the novel "Maezli" by Johanna Spyri.
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Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Characters and Characterization

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
This activity addresses the types of characters found in stories and the methods authors use to build characters.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: W.4.9a: Apply Grade 4 Reading Standards to Literature

For Students 4th Standards
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...
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Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream in the Classroom

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a passage for those who wish to learn through A Midsummer Night's Dream to build bridges between real life concerns and this play, as it was in Shakespeare's time. Gives character profiles and outlines their problems in the...
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Lesson Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade 3: Cajun Folktales

For Teachers 3rd
Through the study of trickster tales from various cultures, including the classic Cajun character Lapin the Rabbit, 3rd graders learn how storytelling can be entertaining as well as educational. Students build an understanding of...
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Lesson Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Unit: Grade 2: Cinderella

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Second graders explore versions of the Cinderella tale from various cultures around the world. Students create a Patterns in Cinderella Stories Chart to trace the connections and common ideas across the various tales. They further...
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Lesson Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 4: Pushing Up the Sky

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders learn that storytelling is a performance art that also transmits knowledge about cultures and life. Through reading different tales from various cultures, 4th graders are able to compare and contrast similar themes,...