1. LITERARY ANALYSIS
8TH GRADE ELA
Mena

2. 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)

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

4. Literary Analysis
STORY
CHARACTER
TRAIT 1
EVIDENCE
TRAIT 2

5. 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

6. Literary Analysis
Venn Diagram

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

8. Literary Analysis
OUTLINE

9. 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

10. Literary Analysis
PEER EDITING

11. 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