LITERARY ANALYSIS 8TH GRADE ELA Mena

Literary Analysis STORY/CHARACTER CHOICES “The Third Wish”—Mr. Peters (page 672) “The Monkey’s Paw – Mr. White (page 680) “Charles” – Laurie (page 5) “The Ransom of Red Chief” – Red Chief / (page 69) “Raymond’s Run” – Squeaky (page 32) “The Great Rat Hunt” – Laurence (page 106)

Literary Analysis CHOOSE ONE PAIR OF STORIES ON WHICH TO BASE YOUR LITERARY ANALYSIS CREATE A CHART THAT LISTS CHARACTER TRAITS WITH TEXTUAL EVIDENCE

Literary Analysis STORY CHARACTER TRAIT 1 EVIDENCE TRAIT 2  

Literary Analysis CREATE A VENN DIAGRAM OF YOUR CHOSEN CHARACTERS AND THEIR TRAITS; TRANSFER INFORMATION FROM YOUR CHART TO THE VENN DIAGRAM REMEMBER THAT YOU MUST HAVE TWO DIFFERENT CHARACTER TRAITS PER CHARACTER IF AFTER TRANSFERRING YOUR INFORMATION, YOU DO NOT HAVE TWO SIMILARITIES, RE-READ EACH STORY AND ADD THEM TO YOUR VENN DIAGRAM WITH TEXTUAL EVIDENCE

Literary Analysis Venn Diagram

LITERARY ANALYSIS USE BOTH YOUR CHART AND VENN DIAGRAM TO CREATE AN OUTLINE OF YOUR PAPER USE THE TEMPLATE FROM THE NEXT SLIDE

Literary Analysis OUTLINE

Literary Analysis Begin writing your rough draft, using your completed outline Be sure to skip lines Be sure to include textual evidence Be sure to cite your quotes, summaries, paraphrasing Be sure NOT to use the pronoun “I” Be sure to peer edit with a partner-see the next slide

Literary Analysis PEER EDITING

LITERARY ANALYSIS Begin writing your final draft. Your final draft may be your rough draft with additional corrections, revisions, etc. Be prepared to type your final draft and submit to turnitin.com Be sure to cite sources using MLA format