Learn Zillion: Determine an Author's Message by Analyzing Character Development

Read Dangerous Minds with your language learning disabled pupils to identify characteristics and connect to literature. This is a specific activity intended for use with the suggested book. The class uses a character map  as a way...

Be proactive. Begin with the end in mind. Synergize. These are just a few strategies outlined in Sean Covey's ground-breaking best-seller, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens. With a series of five character development workshops...

In this video, you will learn how to determine an author's message by analyzing character development. [5:56]

In pairs learners perform a silent skit portraying relationships between two known characters from a popular book or a play for their classmates. Next, the class will read and discuss a NYTimes article about a film school in the Bronx...

In this lesson, you will learn to determine an author's point of view by examining the author's use of rhetoric. [5:31]

Good questions can help focus readers' attention on the elements writers use to add depth to their stories. The questions on this worksheet do just that and encourage readers to think critically about a story and author's purpose.

In this lesson, you will learn how to identify an author's purpose by analyzing how multiple themes interact throughout a text. [7:01]

In this lesson, you will learn how to determine an author's purpose by considering his choice of audience. [6:27]

Students use songs to analyze their sense of identity and self-worth. In groups, they discuss and explore their own character development and discover how far they have come in recent years. They also identify the positive and negative...

Learners annotate text from The Great Gatsby before working through a character development map. They then use text evidence in a final essay to describe the connection between central ideas and character development.