Pen to Paper: The Literary Analysis Essay
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Students do a close read to analyze literature for an author's development of a theme. Then, they write a fully elaborated literary analysis essay, synthesizing information and supporting a coherent thesis.
Class experience
US Grade 9 - 12
Intermediate - Advanced Level
Follows Teacher-Created Curriculum
🐥🐥 🐥🐥 Take advantage of the early bird pricing on new sections! Once the minimum is met, the pricing returns to the regular rate. Enroll now to save $20. In high school English classes, students read a novel or piece of literature, and they are told to write an essay. They may have a few class discussions of the literature, and they may get some help with a thesis statement, but usually, they don't get the instruction they need. They need explicit teaching! High school students must read...
6 lessons//3 Weeks
Week 1Lesson 1Get a Grip on Genre with Twitter & TelevisionAfter a review of various genres of writing, students begin to understand that literary analysis is argumentative writing. Using a short film, the instructor models the literary analysis paragraph. Then, building critical reading skills, students read and discuss a short story, analyzing it for the theme and the way the author developed the theme. After doing some pre-writing and thinking, they write a practice paragraph.Lesson 2Literary Analysis: The Cornerstone of a Great EssayThe class reads the short story "The Landlady" by Roald Dahl or "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson, which are high-interest stories. Students learn the most difficult component of the essay: the introduction. They learn various techniques for hooking their readers, how to introduce their broad topic and then how to narrow it, and how to end with an effective thesis statement that stakes a claim while giving a concession. The instructor models these difficult components of the intro before they wriWeek 2Lesson 3Hook 'Em, Catch 'Em, Introduce 'EmWriting a thought-provoking introductionLesson 4The Bosom Buddies: Evidence & AnalysisStudents learn how to develop a body paragraph. It is here they delineate evidence and analysis. They learn to integrate their evidence, which are quotes from the literature, in a way that is coherent and flows with the rest of the text. They have workshop time to write and get support from the instructor. At this point, they are writing their body paragraphs.Week 3Lesson 5Aaaah! The Final BreathStudents learn how to write a concluding paragraph that leaves their reader thinking. They mirror what they did in the introduction. In the conclusion, they will broaden their topic so that their essay has a larger significance.Lesson 6Ka-Pow! the EssayNow it's time to revise and edit the essay for word choice and sentence fluency. The instructor will teach various techniques to strengthen students' essays with powerful word choices and unique and stylistic sentence structures. They will learn how to format an essay to follow the MLA style guide, including a Works Cited page. Students also learn the importance of the revision and editing process using editing technology.
This class is comprehensive, and students: 1. build confidence in their ability to write effectively. 2. learn to write an effective literary analysis essay with an effective introduction, fully-elaborated body paragraphs, and a powerful conclusion. 3. learn to use correct grammar when writing. 4. learn to generate ideas, organize their thoughts, and to think when writing. 5. learn to use a process that strengthens their ideas, organization, word choice, sentence fluency, voice, and conventions. 6. learn to work independently, using resources and a reliance on their mastery of new skills.
All instructors that teach this class are degreed and certified to teach high school English. Further, they all have many years of experience at the secondary level.
Homework Offered
Students have 20-30 minutes of homework between each class.0 - 1 hours per week outside of class
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Students will read a horror story by Roald Dahl called "The Landlady." It is not gory and quite subtle, but the twist ending is creepy.
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$49
weekly or $145 for 6 classes2x per week, 3 weeks
45 min
Completed by 27 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 14-17
6-12 learners per class
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