1. List everything you know about Literary Analysis
Unit by Karen Gynn

2. Common Core Standards: Key Ideas and Details CCSS. ELA-Literacy. RL. 8
Common Core Standards: Key Ideas and Details CCSS. ELA-Literacy.RL.8.1 Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.3 Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision. Craft and Structure: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

3. Content Focus Theme Character Development Character Point of View
Setting
Plot Development (e.g. Foreshadowing, Flashback)
Conflict
Resolution
Figurative Language
These are the terms in the questions that you will need to know well and be able to understand how to figure out. How well do you know these terms? 1-4

4. Learning Target Skills
Author’s use of Literary Elements
Author’s use of Figurative Language
Theme
Point of View
Characterization
Setting
Plot
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Symbolism
Allusion
Imagery
Pun
Repetition
Irony
Apostrophe
How well do you know these terms and can you identify them in any literary text? 1-4

5. Benchmark Questions HIGH SCHOOL QUESTION TASK CARDS CHARACTER & PLOT DEVELOPMENT/ POINT OF VIEW/SETTING/ CONFLICT RESOLUTION
PLOT DEVELOPMENT
How do __________’s comments contribute to the development of the story/article?
What events lead to the resolution?
CONFLICT
What is the main conflict in the essay?
When is the central conflict between ______ and ______ introduced in the story/poem?
RESOLUTION
What in the passage indicates that the conflict is resolved?
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
How does ______’s character change from the beginning to the end of ______?
What word best describes the character?
What pair of words best describes ______?
How do the character’s responsibilities affect how he/she reacts?
What phrase best describes the narrator’s ______?
Which statement from the essay illustrates the characteristic the author appreciates most about _________?
How does ____ change _____’s opinion about _____?
CHARACTER POINT OF VIEW
How do _____’s comments contribute to the development of the passage/poem?
What is _____’s opinion of ______?
THEME
Which statement best describes _______’s approach to life?
Which sentence from the passage mostly expresses its theme?
Which line from the poem clearly reveals its theme?
How do the changes in the narrator’s feelings toward ____ contribute to the theme?
SETTING
How does the setting add to the feeling that _____?
Why is the setting at the beginning of the passage important?
After you read a story can you answer these questions? 1-4

6. Think about the title: The Other Side of the Wall Preview Predict
Genre
Structure
What might the author’s purpose be?
You are going to read The Other Side of the Wall with your partner. First look at the title, then preview the text. Next, decide what the genre is, DO NOT SAY BUT MAKE THEM FIGURE IT OUT: (Fiction-nonfiction). Decide what the text structure is- DO NOT SAY- LET THEM FIGURE IT OUT (Narrative, cause/effect) Now make a prediction about the author’s purpose. DO NOT TELL THEM!

7. What do you think the other person would look like?
Answer these two questions: What would it be like to go on a blind date?
What do you think the other person would look like?

8. Character Analysis -As you read, Ask yourself these questions:
What does the character do?
What does the character say?
How do others feel about the character?
How has the character changed?
What does the character want?
Use text codes as you read:
D -Do F -Feel W -Want
S -Say C -Change
Now we are going to analyze character. As you read the story, code the text using a D- for What the character does…S- for what the character says, F- for

9. With your partner fill in the Character Analysis Graphic Organizer
How do others feel about the character?
How has the character changed?
What does the character say?
What does the character do?
What is the character’s conflict?
What is the setting?
What is the plot?
What is the Author’s message?
On chart paper or construction paper for this slide and the next have students fill out the graphic organizer for character and plot.

10. With your partner, fill in the plot diagram.
Ask students: What lines from the text best show the climax? Which lines show the conflict? Model by filling it in on this chart.

11. With your partner, decide which types of figurative language the author used.
Example from the text
- Impact on meaning?
Have students refer to slide # 3. Lead them to, but do not give the answer to- the Pun, referring to the size and how each character has to overcome the Love Conquers All theme , but there are many other types of figurative language examples in this text.

12. Choose a question from slide 4 and answer it.
1. What is the central conflict between Mimi and Gustav introduced in the story?
Students should next choose 4 more questions to answer that work with this benchmark. They may need help filling in the blanks or modifying the questions, but let them grapple.

13. List the Strategies and steps used today to help you be successful on this benchmark
Strategy (Steps)
Helps find? -
Students should list the ways they came to their conclusions and the steps to their thinking to answer the questions.

14. Examples of Character Traits
able
active
adventurous
affectionate
afraid
alert
ambitious
angry
annoyed
anxious
apologetic
arrogant
attentive
clever
clumsy
coarse
concerned
confident
confused
considerate
cooperative
courageous
cowardly
cross
cruel
curious
dishonest
disrespectful
impolite
inconsiderate
independent
industrious
innocent
intelligent
jealous
selfish
serious
sharp
short
shy
silly
skillful
sly
smart
sneaky
sorry
spoiled
stingy
strange
thoughtless
tired
tolerant
touchy
trusting
trustworthy
unfriendly
unhappy
Some words to describe character traits for an extra resource.

15. Common Themes in Literature
Man Struggles Against Nature: Man is always at battle with human nature, whether the drives described are sexual, material or against the aging process itself.
Man Struggles Against Societal Pressure: Mankind is always struggling to determine if societal pressure is best for living. Check out books like Revolutionary Road or Mrs. Dalloway for examples of characters who know how society says they should live, but feel society's dictation is contrary to what makes them happy.
Man Struggles to Understand Divinity: Mankind tries to understand and make peace with God, but satisfaction is elusive and difficult.
Crime Does Not Pay: A popular theme played out in books throughout time is the concept that honesty is honored and criminals will eventually be caught. Crime and Punishment and "The Telltale Heart" are two stories written on this theme.
Overcoming Adversity: Many books laud characters who accept a tough situation and turn it into triumph. Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind exemplifies a shrewd person who finds a way to come out on top despite failed relationships and an economic depression after the Civil War.
Friendship is Dependent on Sacrifice: This is the idea that you can't have friends if you don't act like a friend.
The Importance of Family: Sacrifices for family are honored and explored, as are the family bonds that survive adversity.
Yin and Yang: Just when you think life is finally going to be easy, something bad happens to balance it all out.
Love is the Worthiest of Pursuits: Many writers assert the idea that love conquers all, appealing to the romantic side of us.
Death is Part of the Life Cycle: Literary works with this theme show how death and life and intricately connected.
Sacrifices Bring Reward: Sacrifices and hard work pay off in the end, despite the challenges along the way.
Human Beings All Have the Same Needs: From Montagues to Capulets in Romeo and Juliet or the characters in S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders, book after book asserts that rich or poor, educated or dumb, all human beings need love and other basic needs met.
Common Themes in Literature for student reference. Ask students which sentence from the text best describe its theme?

16. Words to Describe Tone
1. accusatory-charging of wrong doing 2. apathetic-indifferent due to lack of energy or concern 3. awe-solemn wonder 4. bitter-exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief 5. cynical-questions the basic sincerity and goodness of people 6. condescension; condescending-a feeling of superiority 7. callous-unfeeling, insensitive to feelings of others 8. contemplative-studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue 9. critical-finding fault 10. choleric-hot-tempered, easily angered 11. contemptuous-showing or feeling that something is worthless or lacks respect 12. caustic-intense use of sarcasm; stinging, biting 13. conventional-lacking spontaneity, originality, and individuality 14. disdainful-scornful 15. didactic-author attempts to educate or instruct the reader 16. derisive-ridiculing, mocking 17. earnest-intense, a sincere state of mind 18. erudite-learned, polished, scholarly 19. fanciful-using the imagination 20. forthright-directly frank without hesitation 21. gloomy-darkness, sadness, rejection 22. haughty-proud and vain to the point of arrogance 23. indignant-marked by anger aroused by injustice 24. intimate-very familiar 25. judgmental-authoritative and often having critical opinions
26. jovial-happy
27. lyrical-expressing a poet’s inner feelings; emotional; full of images; song-like
28. matter-of-fact--accepting of conditions; not fanciful or emotional
29. mocking-treating with contempt or ridicule
30. morose-gloomy, sullen, surly, despondent
31. malicious-purposely hurtful
32. objective-an unbiased view-able to leave personal judgments aside
33. optimistic-hopeful, cheerful
34. obsequious-polite and obedient in order to gain something
35. patronizing-air of condescension
36. pessimistic-seeing the worst side of things; no hope
37. quizzical-odd, eccentric, amusing
38. ribald-offensive in speech or gesture
39. reverent-treating a subject with honor and respect
40. ridiculing-slightly contemptuous banter; making fun of
41. reflective-illustrating innermost thoughts and emotions
42. sarcastic-sneering, caustic
43. sardonic-scornfully and bitterly sarcastic
44. satiric-ridiculing to show weakness in order to make a point, teach
45. sincere-without deceit or pretense; genuine
46. solemn-deeply earnest, tending toward sad reflection
47. sanguineous -optimistic, cheerful
48. whimsical-odd, strange, fantastic; fun
This goes with Benchmark LA , but needs to be addressed briefly with this lesson.