Literary Analysis Essay Writing Activity & Literary Analysis Graphic Organizers
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If you are looking for a way to simplify teaching your students how to write a literary essay, the digital and print Literary Analysis Essay Writing Activity is exactly what you need to teach this challenging writing genre to your 5th-7th grade students. This step-by-step scaffolded literary analysiPrice $8.00Original Price $10.25Save $2.25
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The Literary Analysis resource is a great way to simplify teaching your students how to write a literary essay! The Literary Analysis Essay Writing Activity is exactly what you need to teach this challenging writing genre to your 5th-7th grade students.
This step-by-step scaffolded literary analysis writing unit includes a rubric and a literary analysis essay example, so all students can succeed. The focus is on analyzing the basic literary elements of plot, setting, character, and theme.
✏️ The best parts? The step-by-step approach with reduce teacher and student stress levels!
✏️ Saves your time: Includes an annotated example essay and detailed paragraph frames, which will decrease your workload!
A paragraph frame is included for each literary analysis paragraph, and the annotated example essay will help you confidently teach your students how to write a literary analysis introduction paragraph, body paragraphs, and a conclusion paragraph. Click the preview for more details.
You’ll love using this scaffolded and engaging 21-page resource with guiding questions for each literary analysis paragraph that will keep your students focused on the writing topic. This printable version is bundled with a digital version of the literary analysis essay unit! Find it here.
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Included in this helpful literary analysis resource, you'll find
- Teacher Tips on how to teach literary analysis writing
- Step-by-step note pages for the literary analysis of plot, setting, and character in an effort to prove the theme
- Paragraph frames for each of the five paragraphs
- Literary analysis example essay to use as a model
- Writing rubric
- Literary analysis transition words
- List of common themes in literature
- Pitfalls to avoid
- Peer Editing/Student Revising Worksheet
- Common Core Standards
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The literary analysis resource was created with differentiation in mind. This challenging writing genre can be confusing to students. With guiding questions to help with each paragraph, your students will succeed! The example essay and its annotated version will simplify your teaching and give students concrete examples for their writing focus.
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Teachers like you are saying this about the essential literary analysis resource:
⭐️ Simply Creative Teaching said, "Just bought this and LOVE it! I love that you've included a sample literary analysis, along with guiding questions to help students truly grasp what's included in a solid essay. This is perfect! Thank you for such a quality product! :)"
⭐️ Heather D. said, "Such a great resource...it really breaks down the process of writing a literary analysis into manageable steps. I also love that a mentor text is included. I referred back to it throughout the entire unit!"
⭐️ Erin said, "I found this resource mid-way through drowning in Literary Essay. Coming from Kinder, I was not familiar with this type of writing. This resource was a saving grace! I feel so much more prepared to teach this concept this year using this resource to the fullest!!"
⭐️ Lindsay A. said, "I had my students use this guided packet to review one of two novels we read together in class. This allowed them to work together in groups to discuss common themes and text evidence and allowed them to clearly see what it meant to analyze a piece of literary text."
Check out these other products to support literary analysis work:
Reading Response Questions with Categorized Prompts
Literature Circles Unit for Book Clubs
Test Practice for SBAC and Common Core
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