This page contains vocabulary terms, ideas for activities, and prompts for discussion related to Death by Scrabble by Charlie Fish.
In this lesson, students take on the role of Victor Frankenstein and attempt to decide whether to create a mate for the horrible monster Victor created early in the novel. Students look at character goals, consider pros and cons of each decision, and write a persuasive essay explaining their decision.
Students analyze characters by noting the ways in which defining moments shape their personalities in William Golding's Lord of the Flies. Students will chart changes, note the “direction” of their characters, support their conclusions with textual evidence, and present their findings.
Students will analyze one of Poe’s richest and most challenging works, The Fall of the House of Usher. They will gain an understanding of the construction of the work through focusing on the information revealed through the point of view of the narrator. After discussing the first five paragraphs of the work as a group, students can work independently to find other evidence to support the task. After the student(s) have had the opportunity to search the text for support, students can respond to a question that captures the goal of the lesson. This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.
In this lesson on Browning's "My Last Duchess," students will read and analyze lines 31-43 and focus on the development of the Duke's character.
Students read Raymond Carver’s short story "A Small, Good Thing," focusing on characterization in order to develop one of the static characters—the hit-and-run driver who causes Scotty’s death—more fully. Students use a literary graphic organizer to analyze the three major characters. They compare the story to an older version titled "The Bath." Finally, they create an original anecdote involving the driver, share their stories, and respond to each other's writing.
In this mid unit assessment of Hamlet, students will use textual evidence to write a paragraph exploring how Shakespeare develops Hamlet's character.
In this lesson, students will analyze chapter VII of The Awakening, in which Edna and Madame Ratignolle spend an afternoon together, revealing more characterization of Edna. Students will focus on how central ideas are developed through the lens of self and societal expectations.
In this lesson, students will analyze the development of Edna in chapters X-XI of The Awakening, focusing on her character in relation to both her husband and Robert.
This Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide includes an introduction, questions, and suggestions for further reading designed to enhance discussion of Edwidge Danticat's novel, The Dew Breaker, a powerful exploration of the way history, both personal and political, affects those who are swept up in its sometimes violent path.
This resource contains a set of discussion questions for The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
This resource contains a set of discussion questions for The Stranger by Albert Camus.
This Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide includes an introduction, discussion questions, author biography, and suggested reading list designed to enhance student reading of Jane Hamilton's Disobedience, a novel that offers a fresh look at the age-old problems of love and betrayal, the hard lessons of history, and the fragility and strength of family life.
This Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide includes an introduction, discussion questions, and author biography designed to enhance student reading of The Dive from Clausen’s Pier, Ann Packer’s critically acclaimed and bestselling debut novel.
This Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide includes an introduction, questions, and suggestions for further reading designed to enhance student discussion of Peter Heller’s novel about a pilot and his dog trying to survive in a world filled with loss, The Dog Stars.
This Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide includes questions to explore Dracula, Bram Stoker’s hypnotic tale of the bloodthirsty Count Dracula, the quintessential story of suspense and horror.
In this lesson, students examine imagery in T.S. Eliot's poem, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," by first reading the poem and then creating illustrations of the imagery he uses in it.
This Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide includes an introduction, discussion questions, author biography, and suggested reading list designed to enhance student discussion of Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina GarcÃa, a book that presents a unique vision and a haunting lamentation for a past that might have been.
The student will use StoryboardThat to describe Nora’s character as a typical Victorian Woman at the beginning of the play. The student will continue analyzing changes in Nora’s character as she develops into the ideals Ibsen wanted to present on how women should be treated contrary to Victorian Ideas. The student will compare and contrast the typical Victorian woman and identify the changes in society which Ibsent wanted to bring about which makes this piece of literature a Satire.
In this lesson, students will analyze how Edna's character development in chapter I-XIX of The Awakening contributes to the development of two related central ideas in the text.