These activities allow students to explore how Aphra Behn uses character types and tropes associated with carnival in "The Rover". Students can relate this to the play's context of production, and comic theories relating to the...

This lesson introduces the concepts of longitudinal and transverse waves. Students see several demonstrations of waves and characterize them by transverse and longitudinal behavior. This lesson also introduces the Sunken Treasure theme...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Based on stories Sheila Rae, the Brave and Jamaica's Find, this lesson plan will take young scholars through the process of distinguishing main characters from secondary ones by relying on clues from...

This activity involves an exploration of the notoriously multifaceted character of Heathcliff, drawing on a range of sources that include the visual, literary, and historical. Students will reflect on Emily Bronte's depiction of...

Students will compare two characters and list their comparisons on a graphic organizer using modern Cinderella stories. This lesson plan includes a detailed lesson plan for guided practice and partner work, and a video of students...

Students will explore characters created by authors and identify personality traits, and then apply these ideas to their own characters using language skills identified to convey these traits. Students will write a character sketch,...

Links to 12 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard W.4.3b: Use dialogue and description to develop experiences and events to show the responses of characters to situations.