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Writing Process

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students read Macbeth and work in groups to organize and create an outline for a persuasive essay. In this persuasive essay lesson, students work in tiered learning groups to organize their thoughts for a persuasive thesis about the...
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Charolotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall-paper" - the "New Woman"

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students analyze the life of American middle to upper-class women in the mid- to late-nineteenth century and early twentieth century. For this women's suffrage lesson, students visit the given links in the lesson to analyze the changing...
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The Sun Also Rises by Earnest Hemingway

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore The Sun Also Rises by Earnest Hemingway. In this characterization instructional activity, students make notations about the characters as they read the book. Students write an essay on the characters Robert Cohn, Jake...
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Catherine, Called Birdy: February and March

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss characterization and relate to the main character in Catherine, Called Birdy.  In this Catherine, Called Birdy activity, students discuss passages that are comedic and sad and the effect they have on their...
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Novel Lesson 3

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars examine the horrors of war through literature. In this Vietnam lesson, students read Fallen Angels and participate in discussion groups that focus on characterization and the realism of war included in the novel.
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Novel Lesson 6 (Closing Lesson)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the horrors of war through literature. In this Vietnam lesson, students read Fallen Angels and participate in discussion groups that focus on characterization and the realism of war included in the novel. This...
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The Little Prince Quiz

For Students 7th - 9th
In this The Little Prince activity, students determine answers to questions about plot, characterization, and narrator of The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
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The Return of the King: Quiz

For Students 8th - 10th
In this The Return of the King worksheet, students determine the correct response to a series of questions pertaining to the plot and characterization in The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkein.
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Oliver Twist Quiz

For Students 6th - 9th
In this Oliver Twist worksheet, students determine answers to questions pertaining to plot, characterization, and purpose of the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin Quiz

For Students 8th - 10th
For this Uncle Tom's Cabin worksheet, students determine answers to questions pertaining to characterization, plot, and setting in Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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Animal Farm Study Questions and Essay Topics

For Students 7th - 10th
In this literature worksheet, students think critically about characterization, perspective, rhetoric, and the message of the novel, Animal Farm by George Orwell. Students also discuss why Orwell chose a fable as political commentary.
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Fool For Love Study Questions and Suggested Essay Topics

For Students 9th - 12th
In this Fool for Love worksheet, students analyze theme and characterization of this play about a dysfunctional family.  They also consider the meaning of the title and discuss setting of the play.
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The Idiot: Study Questions and Suggested Essay Topics

For Students 10th - 12th
In this The Idiot worksheet, students discuss setting, plot, and the motif of alienation, then analyze characterization and theme.
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The Killer Angels Quiz

For Students 9th - 11th
In this The Killer Angels worksheet, students determine answers to questions on plot, characterization, and setting of The Killer Angels  by Michael Shaara.
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Lesson 3: Gods and Goddesses

For Teachers 1st Standards
Exploring and characterizing myths can be fun. The class reads a version of "Pandora's Box," add to their myth chart, and discuss how gods and goddesses are commonly used in mythology. They work in groups to identify the gods and...
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The Appliance of Science

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students delve into science fiction. In this Doctor Who lesson, students discuss the success of the British television show and then create pieces of writing and art that characterize Doctor Who. Students also visit selected websites to...
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Maryland: A Middle Ground?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Is Maryland in or out? Using primary source documents that examine the state's geopolitical location, learners discuss whether the Old Line State is Northern or Southern to its core. The resource includes numerous documents and...
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Surfs up!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn about longitudinal and transverse waves. In this waves lesson plan, students learn the characteristics of longitudinal and transverse waves by observing demonstrations. They then categories each wave as longitudinal or...
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Biotic Factors

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students identify individual organism, a species, and a population within the study community. They identify biotic factors at the site and attempt to characterize the site's species diversity.
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Circle of Gold Guided Reading

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Pupils participate in a variety of Guided Reading activities including comprehension questions, discussion, prediction, characterization and inferring meaning while they read Circle of Gold by Candy Dawson Boyd.
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A Look at Judith Leyster

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students consider the question, "How do I want people to see me?" as they examine the self-portrait of Judith Leyster. They develop and refine characterization of a subject through poetry writing
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Time to Read

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify how the literary elements of theme, point of view, characterization, setting, and plot illustrate the effects of a certain disease on a community. They identify the aspects of the book that are specific to the...
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Making Craters

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Pupils study craters and identify the different things that characterize craters.  In this crater lesson plan students create a model of an impact crater. 
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The Mystery Cafe

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students plan and perform a mysterious scenario using a variety of literary conventions such as characterization, setting, and plot development. Each group provides enough clues to make solving the mystery a challenge.

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