Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Writing a Book Review
The Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) resource provides directions for how to write a book review.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Love's Labour's Lost
This site has 41 famous quotations from Shakespeare's comedy "Love's Labour's Lost".
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Studying Character in Drama
Online lesson that allows students to study and follow a Shakespearean character throughout a play, analyzing their actions, traits and dialogue as clues to characterization.
TES Global
Tes: First Encounters: The Taming of the Shrew 2014 Teacher Pack
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a Royal Shakespeare Company teacher resource pack for teaching The Taming of the Shrew including the following sections: The Story Page; Q&A with the Director; Storyboard; Creating...
Crayola
Crayola: Big as Life Book Report (Lesson Plan)
This is a fun idea to display your students' book reports, and encourage reading at the same time! In this online lesson, children use special markers to actually draw their book report on the windows of the library or classroom. Also...
TES Global
Tes: Much Ado About Nothing: Shakespeare Resource Pack
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource from the National Theatre will assist students interpret the dramati production William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Interactives: Elements of a Story
Explore the elements of a story using the well-known Cinderella story as source material. Learn about setting, character, sequence, exposition, conflict, climax, and resolution.
Crayola
Crayola: Story Spinners (Lesson Plan)
A lesson plan where learners make their own "story spinner" and create alternate endings to a book they've read. Includes adaptations and resources. (To access this lesson plan, you must register with Crayola.com. Registration is free...
Other
Building Characters With Adversity
Extensive and very interesting article advising the reader on how to develop characters through adversity.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Story Elements Using Cinderella
Listen to an explanation of the story elements in Cinderella including exposition, characters, setting, sequence, conflict, climax, and resolution.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Elements of a Story Interactive
Explore different ingredients, or elements, that go into stories and make them so much fun. Read the story, "Cinderella," and look at all the different pieces of the tale to see how they all fit together.
Library of Congress
Loc: See, Hear, and Sing Animation
The Library of Congress takes a look at the wacky world of cartoons, beginning with George Melies, who demonstrated that objects could be animated in film with a series of drawings, each drawn with slight changes.
TES Global
Tes: Othello Workbooklet, Gcse Coursework, Lit./lang.
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a study guide for Act 1 Scene 1 of Othello including writing an essay, locating quotes to support ideas, creating characters, and acting out the scene.
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Shakespeare's Universalism [Pdf]
In this lesson, students explore how Shakespeare was able to write in a way that his characters seemed to express real emotions and will look at the literary devices he used. An extension activity has them analyze what William Hazlitt...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Analyze Development of Plot Through Characters in Literary Text
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Often characters are a driving force behind the plot. In this lesson, students will learn how complex, multilayered characters contribute to the development of a story's plot...
Other
Lit Charts: Julius Caesar [Pdf]
This is a comprehensive 11-page chart on The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. It provides background information on the play, a plot summary, character descriptions, themes, symbol tags, quotes, and a summary and analysis of each scene in the...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Analyze Differences in Characters' Moral Dilemmas
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson and practice focuses on characters' moral dilemmas. A moral dilemma occurs when a character has to choose between right and wrong actions, often in the face of...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
In this instructional activity, early elementary and special education students learn about generosity by reading the book The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister (not provided through the lesson plan). Graphic organizers are used to aid in...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 6: Hatchet
This unit teaches students about survival in the face of grave danger and overwhelming odds. Students will evaluate survival stories to learn about the importance of positive thinking, slowing down to think clearly, problem solving, and...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Reach: Recipe for Writing!
REACH for more! Be an author! Write and illustrate your very own story by mixing up a simple recipe of WHO, WHERE, WHAT, and ENDING.
City University of New York
Henrik Ibsen's "Hedda Gabbler"
A thorough site which covers contemporary response to the play, characters, themes and resources, this is worth look for both teachers and students.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: A Raisin in the Sun
This site features discussion questions to go along with each scene of the play "A Raisin in the Sun," by Lorraine Hansberry. Students will gain a broader perspective of Hansberry's work when they visit this site.
University of Texas at Austin
College of Liberal Arts, Ut: Shakespeare Kids: Titania
This site provides the means for upper elementary students to learn and perform Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream. It provides downloadable scripts for Acts 2 and 3 based on the character roles. This section provides information...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Serendipitous Character Names & Powerful Opening Paragraphs
In this lesson, Bertrand R. Brinley's The Mad Scientist's Club is used as a mentor text. Students will analyze the introductory paragraph of the mentor text and its sequel. Then students will use an interactive button to select a...