The Ultimate Literary Analysis Essay Guide: 20 Mini-lessons for Success

In this bundle, I have compiled 20 mini-lessons that take students through the entire writing process, step-by-step, from reading samples, to brainstorming, to drafting, to editing and revising, and to reflecting. This book bundle of lesson reflects lessons that I've developed throughout my teaching career. I have worked hard to construct a bundle that is practical and easy to follow for both teachers and students.

In fact, these lessons are built so that they are reproducible for teachers. You can simply take each mini-lesson and photocopy it for your students to complete as homework and/or in class. To make this guide even more accessible for teachers, each mini-lesson also contains differentiated modifications for you to use as needed, and there are also answer keys and models included where applicable.

Learning Targets

• To craft an effective, logical, well-organized argumentative essay supported by strong evidence and thorough reasoning
• To write an academic essay for an academic audience
• To understand the parts of the writing process
• To revise/edit writing and make conscious decisions for effectiveness and correctness
• To analyze and interpret a piece of literature

Here's what's included:

Mini-lesson #1: Student Sample Essays

Mini-lesson #2: Introduction to the Literary Analysis Essay

Mini-lesson #3: Grading Expectations

Mini-lesson #4: The Thesis Statement

Mini-lesson #5: Textual Evidence

Mini-lesson #6: Putting the Thesis Statement Together

Mini-lesson #7: The Introduction Paragraph

Mini-lesson #8: The Body Paragraph

Mini-lesson #9: Topic & Concluding Sentences

Mini-lesson #10: Selecting & Organizing Textual Evidence

Mini-lesson #11: Blending Quotations

Mini-lesson #12: Crafting Commentary

Mini-lesson #13: Putting Together the Body Paragraph

Mini-lesson #14: The Conclusion Paragraph

Mini-lesson #15: Initial Revisions & Editing for “Academese"

Mini-lesson #16: Grammar Editing

Mini-lesson #17: MLA Format

Mini-lesson #18: Final Revision Forms

Mini-lesson #19: Revisiting the Rubric & Final Submission Form

Mini-lesson #20: Metacognition
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