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Short Story Elements
Geared toward high school students, this site contains many notes and links on the aspects of short story, figurative language, and figures of speech.
HotChalk
Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: The Nature of the Antagonist
This lesson plan teaches students to understand the differences between protagonists and antagonists, to recognize a "villain" in storytelling, and to understand conflict as used in literature.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Analyzing Characters in 12 Angry Men
Re-telling a story from the points of view of its various characters is a powerful way to review the events of a story, show how authors use characterization to reveal characters' personalities, and encourage students to view stories...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Using Digital Notebook to Visualize Thematic Links
Students will work in groups of two or three to produce two pages of a digital scrapbook covering a thematic element from Macbeth. The pages will then be assembled into a visual review of the play's themes and character motivations...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Discussion on Perception
A class discussion to gain a greater understanding of a person's life experiences and how they can change our perception of them.
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Act Ii, Scene 4
Students react to Act II, scene 4 from Romeo and Juliet and explore what events develop the plot.
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Character Development
Students read Act II, scene 3 from Romeo and Juliet and explore how Shakespeare develops Friar Lawrence's characteristics.
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Act Ii
Ninth graders read Act II of Romeo and Juliet and deepen their understanding about characters and themes in the play by examining Shakespeare's use of images.
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Chapter Four
Read chapter four from The Joy Luck Club to answer questions about character interactions.
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Character Development
Read part three, chapter three from The Joy Luck Club to answer questions about Ted and Rose.
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Character Development
Read part three, chapters one and two from The Joy Luck Club to explore the characters Harold, Lena and Rich.
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Part Four, Chapter Three
React to part four, chapter three from The Joy Luck Club to discover how Lindo convinces her husband to marry her.
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Character Development
Read part four, chapter two from The Joy Luck Club to explore the character, Ying Ying.
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Character Development
Read part four, chapter one from The Joy Luck Club to explore the characters An-Mei and her mother.
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Character Development
Students respond to a prompt by writing about how the development of a character can affect the narrative.
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Part Two, Chapters Three and Four
React to part two, chapters three and four from The Joy Luck Club to examine parenting style of two characters.
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Character Development
We will react to part two, chapter two from The Joy Luck Club to explore some character interactions.
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Character Development
We will react to part two, chapter two from The Joy Luck Club to explore character interactions.
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Examine Character Relationships
Ninth graders read part two of The Joy Luck Club and examine how the mothering style of the members of the Joy Luck Club affected their daughter's perception of mothers.
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: A Lesson Before Dying: Character Conflicts
React to chapters twenty-five and twenty-six from A Lesson Before Dying to establish our initial understanding of the conflicts of the characters.
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: A Lesson Before Dying: Character, Tone and Theme
Ninth graders will read chapters 28- 31 of A Lesson Before Dying. They participate in a whole-class discussion about the changes that occur in the main characters and how these changes relate to lessons being learned. Students will...
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: A Lesson Before Dying: Character Development
Form claims to prepare for a discussion about how characters Grant and Jefferson have changed throughout the story.
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: A Lesson Before Dying: Character Conflicts
React to chapter twenty-seven from A Lesson Before Dying to establish your initial understanding of the conflict between the characters Grant and the Reverend.
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: A Lesson Before Dying: Character Development
Form claims to prepare for a discussion about the lessons Grant and Jefferson have learned about humanity in the first seven chapters.