plot

This is a one-text, one-week module that aims to take students through the process of looking at a character's development over time. It is focused on the third Common Core Reading Standard for Literature (RL3), which expects 6th grade students to "describe how a particular story's or drama's...

The assignment starts with students finding an object (a lost article of clothing, a key, an earring, someone’s shopping list), which they will then use to develop a short piece of fiction.  Their goal is to use the author’s tools of characterization, plot structure, sensory imagery and...

Students will analyze multiple pivotal scenes across the novel, film, and play To Kill a Mockingbird in order to gain a deeper understanding of character motivations, traits, symbols, and plot devices. Students will form groups and complete a planning activity. Students complete...