This lesson fuses fictional literature with technology through a project-based experience. Students will use the free online resource Voki to bring a fictional character to "life" and deepen their understanding of character, character...

In this Inquiry, students engage in a debate between two characters about when a bed-and-breakfast (B&B) should have a fall leaf-peeping special to maximize the guest experience. Students are introduced to Budburst, a citizen science...

The University of Texas at Austin: Danteworlds

A summary of Shakespeare's play "Timon of Athens" focusing on plot, characters and themes. With links to other summaries of Shakespeare's plays.

Contains plans for four lessons where young scholars put on a Reader's Theatre. Students write scripts, perform in groups, and practice using their voice to assume characters. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional...

Links to 8 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard W.4.9a: Apply grade 4 reading standards to literature (e.g., Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the...

Find background information, classroom activity suggestions, act-by-act study questions, and project ideas in this 6-page .pdf guide.

A slide show with twenty-one slides explaining elements of plot including: characters, setting, exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution.

Read the full text of "The Two Sides of the Shield", which is a sequel to "Scenes and Characters" by Charlotte M. Yonge.

Read the full text of "Anne of Avonlea" by Lucy Maud Montgomery. This novel follows "Anne of Green Gables" and includes many of the same characters.

In this project students will report on a book by describing how they would turn that book into a motion picture. After reading and studying the main components of their novel, students will use their imaginations to explain how they...