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Metzger, Margaret – Harvard Educational Review, 2007
In this Voices Inside Schools essay, a veteran teacher shares her reflections on a classroom unit entitled "How Language Reveals Character." The goal of the unit is to help adolescents read and write critically through an exploration of literary characters' language. Beginning by drawing on adolescents' fascination with one another,…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Learning Activities, Class Activities, Literary Criticism
Hollister, Sarah – 1997
This teacher's guide supplies information and hands-on activities to teach about trees from several disciplines. Activities are grouped into six areas that cover botany, social studies, arts and literature (aesthetics), and trees as a resource. Sections include: (1) Tree Identification, which defines trees and leaves and presents activities that…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Aesthetic Values, Botany, Creative Activities