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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   All's Well that Sells Well: A Creative Introduction to Shakespeare
   Students compare attending a performance at The Globe Theater with attending a modern theater production or movie. They then create a commercial for an Elizabethan audience promoting a modern product.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Analyzing Character in Hamlet through Epitaphs
   Students create epitaphs for characters from a tragedy, such as Hamlet.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   An Exploration of The Crucible through Seventeenth-Century Portraits
   In this lesson, students incorporate analyses of characters from The Crucible with examinations of original seventeenth-century portraits of Puritans to create a visual portrait of the character. The project culminates in a "Portrait Gallery Walk" where students present and defend their artwork.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 10  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Blending the Past with Today's Technology: Using Prezi to Prepare for Historical Fiction
   To prepare for literature circles featuring historical novels, students research the decades of the 1930s to the 1990s and share their information using Prezi, a web application for creating multimedia presentations.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Book Report Alternative: Characters for Hire! Studying Character in Drama
   In this alternative to the traditional book report, students respond to a play they have read by creating a resume for one of its characters.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Constructing New Understanding Through Choral Readings of Shakespeare
   After reading The Tempest or any other play by William Shakespeare, students work in small groups to plan, compose, and perform a choral reading based on a character or theme.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Facilitating Student-Led Seminar Discussions with The Piano Lesson
   August Wilson's play The Piano Lesson invites students to ask a number of questions—big
   and small. Students learn how to create effective discussion questions and then put them to use in student-led discussions.
   
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   8 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   From Text to Film: Exploring Classic Literature Adaptations
   Students create storyboards to compare and contrast a book and its film adaptation.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Happily Ever After? Exploring Character, Conflict, and Plot in Dramatic Tragedy
   By exploring the decisions points in a tragedy, students consider how the plot of the story can change if the key characters make a different choice at the turning point.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Novel News: Broadcast Coverage of Character, Conflict, Resolution, and Setting
    This twist on readers theater has students prepare original news programs based on incidents in a recent reading, as they explore standard literary elements of character, conflict, resolution, and setting.

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