Literary Analysis Graphic Organizer -Literary Analysis Essay Unit - Grade 8 - 12

Struggling to break down the literary analysis skill set for all learners? This student-friendly process makes a complex set of skills easier to teach. With 19 templates and numerous worksheets, handouts, and exercises, you can leave school at school instead of reinventing the wheel in your lesson plans! All materials are provided in both PDF and Google Slides, so in-person instruction can easily switch to remote.

Use color coding and visuals to teach students how to analyze literary elements and literary devices in bite-size pieces. The resource can also be a helpful tool for independent, upper-level home schooled students who need a framework for this process. The skills addressed can be applied to any work of fiction.

Contents

Link to Resource on Google Slides

A Letter to the Teacher About This Resource

How to Use the Scaffolding Templates (A Through W)

Templates A Through I

The 13 Steps of Literary Analysis

How to Make Details Concrete (Handout)

The Text Use Test (Anchor Chart)

Concrete Detail Sort (Exercise/Game—Copy, Cut, and Bag)

Ways to Incorporate Text (Handout)

How to Write Better Analysis (Anchor Chart)

Is it Analysis or Something Else? (Exercise)

How to Identify Theme: An Illustration

Writing About Character

Methods of Characterization (Handout)

Characterization Chart Exercise and Model

Writing Template and Model for “The Scarlet Ibis”

Writing About Setting

Elements of Setting (Scavenger Hunt)

Writing Template and Model for “The Scarlet Ibis”

Writing About Figurative Language

Figurative Language (Handout/Exercise—Lecture or Independent Research)

Writing Template and Model for “The Scarlet Ibis”

Writing About Symbolism

Writing Template and Model for “The Scarlet Ibis”

Writing About Irony

Writing About Imagery

Writing About Conflict

Writing About Mood

Writing About Flashback

Writing About Foreshadowing

Writing About Allusion

Writing About Point of View

Literary Analysis Introduction

Literary Analysis Conclusion

Revision Exercise 1: Editing for Flow of Thought

Revision Exercise 2: Sentence Variety

Revision Exercise 3: Transitions

Literary Analysis Essay Rubric (Two Versions)

Ways to Use the Resource

◈Move through the templates one at a time in a thorough multiple-week unit.

◈Pull out specific templates as needed for re-teaching, remediation, and 1:1 tutoring.

◈Use the materials as a frame for analyzing a specific piece of literature (Resource models are based on "The Scarlet Ibis").

◈Use handouts to supplement materials you already have.

◈Differentiate by offering templates to students who need more support.

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