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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWritings on a River: Creating Composite Characters, Like Those of Mark Twain
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literary Analysis, Writing Strategies, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students read the first chapter in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." The...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWord Maps: Developing Critical and Analytical Thinking About Literary Characters
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students read the short story "After Twenty Years" by O. Henry and focus on the two main characte...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWilliam Shakespeare's Birth
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Theatre, Visual Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the birth of Shakespeare in 1564. A classroom activity is featured in which students at ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWilliam Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury": Narrating the Compson Family Decline and the Changing South
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, Literary Analysis, United States HistoryIn this unit of four lessons, from EDSITEment, students examine narrative structure and time, narrative voice/point of view, and...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUnlocking the Underlying Symbolism and Themes of a Dramatic Work
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Theatre, Visual Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, invites students to explore the things relevant to a character from Lorraine Hansberry's play ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFlannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find": Who's the Real Misfit?
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, Literature, United States HistoryIn this EDSITEment lesson, students explore and challenge dichotomies (such as black and white, good and evil, faith and doubt) ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFaulkner's "As I Lay Dying": Form of a Funeral
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, Literature, Geography and 2 additional..This unit of five lessons, from EDSITEment, features lessons exploring the narrative voices and social concerns in William Faulk...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring Satire with "The Simpsons"
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Visual Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, has students explore satire through the television show "The Simpsons." They identify the tech...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDeveloping Characterization in Raymond Carver's "A Small, Good Thing"
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Writing Strategies, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students use a literary graphic organizer to analyze the three major characters in Raymond Carver...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCharacterization in Literature
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Theatre, Visual Arts, Writing StrategiesIn this ARTSEDGE lesson, students explore various methods authors use to create effective characters. Students consider what mak...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBook Report Alternative: Characters for Hire! Studying Character in Drama
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students create a resume for a character in a play. This activity allows students to focus on one...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBecome a Character: Adjectives, Character Traits, and Perspective
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Grammar, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students "become" one of the major characters in a book and describe themselves and other charact...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAlice Walker
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading ComprehensionThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on author Alice Walker, best known for her novel "The Color Purple." A classroom activity i...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLink12 Angry Men: Trial by Jury as a Right and as a Political Institution
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, History & Culture and 4 additional..The classic American drama Twelve Angry Men serves as the starting point for a discussion of the constitutional right and civic ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0