Choose Your Own Analysis Adventure
A resource that lets students decide which literary elements they want to look for
Before I get to this week’s resource, a reminder—you have until September 26 to submit a lesson idea and be entered to win a Starbucks gift card! Click the image below to do so. Or, for those of you who hate having chances at winning, do not click! Continue on!
Students love literary analysis, and it’s really easy to teach and do well!
Not exactly. With today’s resource, I’ve tried to help streamline the process for students a bit so they can work in literary analysis in a bite-size way. They’ll of course need lots of guidance from you, but this Choose Your Own Adventure Analysis will provide them with some steps and structure.
It also allows them some “student choice and voice” as they say in lots of PDs. I’ve provided them with six literary devices, and they can choose two to focus in on for their analysis.
You can have students complete this over a text you assign, or have them choose a text to conduct the analysis over (so many choices!). For students less experienced with literary analysis, you could lead the class through it or have them work in groups. For students who are more advanced, you can let them run with it and see what they come up with.
Without further ado, click here to access the Choose Your Own Adventure Literary Analysis!
