Please align to CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.3 Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

In this language development activity using the books by Kevin Henkes English Language Learners learn vocabulary and language structures to express feelings, make text-to-self connections, and practice the reading strategy of analyzing...

The main characters in William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth are introduced, described and analyzed with links to additional character information. Character descriptions include: Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Duncan, Banquo, Macduff, and the...

This writing sample analyzer takes a sample of writing and calculates the number of sentences, words, and characters in the sample. As it's calculating these statistics it makes estimates as to how many syllables are present in each...

For this lesson, Bertrand R. Brinley's The Mad Scientist's Club is used as a mentor text. Learners will analyze the introductory paragraph of the mentor text and its sequel. Then students will use an interactive button to select a...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will complete this reading guide for J.B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls as they read or as a reflective reading activity. Students will be able to analyze characters, the historical context,...

In this self-directed study involving research, composition, and presentation, students analyze Chaucer's characters of The Canterbury Tales as presented in the Prologue. Each student casts a modern personality in the role of one of the...

A nonfiction graphic organizer is available to help students evaluate decisions of people. Students will analyze how characters interact and develop throughout the course of a nonfiction text.

A set of questions for students to analyze Act 4 of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Students will recall information and events, interpret characters and their interactions, and extend their understanding of the play.

Familiar fairy tales are used as guides to help middle schoolers analyze the elements of the short story: plot, theme, setting, point of view, and character.

This play synposis offers a list of characters as well. Links from the page offer broader Shakespeare resources.

This instructional activity engages students in describing the main character from Patricia Palacco's book, My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother. Students will analyze a picture of the main character and the teacher will write all of the...

This lesson engages students in reading activities related to James Marshall's book, Yummers. Students will analyze the diet of the main character and determine what made the character sick.

Data comes to the rescue! Children will collect, analyze, and represent data as they try to dodge a series of catastrophes faced by characters from their favorite PBS Kids shows.

During this lesson, students will analyze ways in which the character(s) in stories solve problems encountered. In small groups, students will brainstorm possible solutions to realistic problems in order to enhance connections to...

During this unit, students will ask "Why do we do what we do?" They will read different novels to analyze character motivation. Throughout the unit they will debate whether they think characters made smart choices and why. They will also...

Shakespeare's tragedy, Macbeth, is analyzed in detail in this intriguing site. Read about the characters and their motivations. Important quotations from the play are provided as well as a list of helpful study questions.

The last of Shakespeare's great plays, The Tempest, is analyzed in an insightful way in this site. Find out more about the characters, understand more about the play itself by reading through the quotations.