Week 1
Lesson 1
Get a Grip on Genre with Twitter & Television
After 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 2
Literary Analysis: The Cornerstone of a Great Essay
The 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 wri
 Week 2
Lesson 3
Hook 'Em, Catch 'Em, Introduce 'Em
Writing a thought-provoking introduction
Lesson 4
The Bosom Buddies: Evidence & Analysis
Students 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 3
Lesson 5
Aaaah! The Final Breath
Students 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 6
Ka-Pow! the Essay
Now 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.