Literary Analysis Activities Bundle - Literary Elements Analysis for ANY Text

Make literary analysis of ANY fictional text more fun, engaging, meaningful and memorable with this bundle that includes everything you need to teach critical content—from elements of fiction, inference and irony, to character analysis, theme, reader response writing and more. Developed for high school and advanced middle school students, this bundle will empower your students to dig deeper to analyze any fiction using introductory PowerPoints along with fun, rigorous literary analysis activities and graphic organizers that promote real learning.

This no-prep, 128-page literary analysis bundle includes the following resources:

· Elements of Fiction PowerPoint, Guided Notes & Activities

Kick off ANY short story, fiction or literature unit with this engaging PowerPoint, guided notes and activity bundle on literary elements, including a 20+ pages of engaging, rigorous activities and graphic organizers for practice and review--all of which can be used with any text. It even includes fun self-assessment activities and a Kahoot! game your students will LOVE!

· Inference PowerPoint and Activities

Now you can engage your students and teach them advanced inference skills while having some fun along the way. This Inference PowerPoint and Activity Lesson package will enable them to learn and practice their inference skills, drawing conclusions and supporting with evidence using entertaining photos, texts, poetry and a short story.

·Irony PowerPoint and Activities

Teach your students the concept of irony in all its amusing glory—including situational, verbal and dramatic irony—while having them laughing along the way! This engaging Irony PowerPoint and Activities resource includes thought-provoking journal prompts, irony definitions and memorable examples, review activities, close reading activity.

·Character Analysis Activities for ANY Text

Up the fun, increase the engagement, and expand the depth of your secondary students’ analyses of ANY fictional character! This character analysis resource includes over 25 pages of creative, meaningful analysis activities that will help your middle and high school students dig deeper and uncover the layers of ANY character using ANY short story or novel.

· Creative Book Report Alternatives for ANY Novel

Nip the collective "oh-no-not-a-book-report" groan in the bud by offering your students fun alternatives that allow students to tap into their own interests and talents while nurturing a love for reading. Great for struggling or reluctant readers, the wide variety of activities are adaptable across a range grade levels. And because the traditional book report is still important, the resource also includes assignments for fiction or non-fiction book reports as well as an accompanying PowerPoint presentation and rubrics.

·Student-Led Literary Analysis for ANY Fiction

In this engaging group literary analysis activity, students become the teacher, closely reading and analyzing an assigned chapter of a novel, then “teaching” it to the class. Each group member chooses an area of focus—whether characterization, symbolism, figurative language, etc.--closely reads the chapter, extracting details in their area of focus and citing textual evidence. Then together, they analyze how all the individual parts affect the work together as a whole, presenting their discoveries to the class.

· Essay Prompts for ANY Fictional Text

Assess your students' writing and literary analysis skills while providing them choice! This resource includes 10 literary response writing prompts that be used with ANY book. Great for writing assessments, end-of-unit exams, book reports, summer reading activities and more, the prompt list can be used in its entirety, or you can pick and choose the ones most appropriate for your needs.

· Theme Lesson and Activities

Determining theme and its development is central to literary analysis. This resource (also offered for free in my store) enables students to employ a variety of strategies to identify themes and how they develop over the course of a text. It also adds a modern twist by allowing students to connect these themes to their favorite music.

Your students will love the activities, and YOU will love the no-prep convenience and broad variety of lessons and activities from which to choose.

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