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Western Michigan University: Writing Papers of Literary Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Lots of great guidelines and rules for writing a literary analysis essay. Areas covered include organization, content, style, and documentation.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Body Paragraphs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides information related to writing body paragraphs for argumentative essays.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Organizing Your Argument Presentation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) explains how to organize information for an argumentative essay.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Organizing Your Argument

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) explains how to organize information in an argumentative essay. Several examples are provided to show how each piece of evidence is elaborated.
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Dong a Newspaper: Korean Children's Newspaper

For Students 6th - 8th
Well-known Korean children's newspaper website. Articles match general interests of elementary to middle school students: reports on world news, movie stars, singers, sports, science, school news, cartoons, writing competition and study...
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Joe Landsberger

Study Guides & Strategies: Writing Persuasive Essays

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site focuses on the student learning how to write strong persuasive essays. Strategies are provided to help the student complete a persuasive writing assignment.
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Research Assistant: For Students: Purpose Statement

For Students 4th - 9th
This site gives advice on how to write an effective purpose (thesis) statement. The summary is given as answers to four questions: what? why? when? how?.
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Oakland Writes: Student Exemplars: Eighth Grade: Literary Analysis [Pdf]

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
A literary analysis essay written by an eighth-grader with notes calling attention to important writing concepts evident in the essay including a well-written title, opening sentence, logical analysis, supporting details including quotes...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Analytical Paper: Key Elements: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson goes over words, phrases, and key elements that are included in analytical papers. W.11-12.4 Clear/Coherent Writing
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Analytical Paper: Thesis: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson discusses selecting a thesis for an analytical paper. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Analytical Paper: Thesis."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Analytical Papers: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces analytical papers. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Analytical Papers."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Analytical Paper: Organization

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson discusses structuring an outline for an analytical paper.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Analytical Papers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces analytical papers.
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BBC

Bbc Bitesize Revision: Discursive Essay

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
As part of a revision and writing section of BBC Bitesize, this site provides an example of a discursive essay and includes five questions and answers related to the essay.
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Read Write Think: Junk Mail: Negotiating Critical Literacy at the Mailbox

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for three lessons that teach students to examine junk mail critically. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and reflection...
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Brock University: Critical Reading: A Guide

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In addition to thoroughly exploring the purposes and functions of an analytical essay, this resource provides students with step-by-step instructions for reading and analyzing poetry, prose-fiction, and fiction. The site also offers...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Units: 9th Grade Thematic Unit: Education

For Teachers 9th Standards
Complete teaching unit for 9th Grade Thematic Unit: "Education." Students will read six informational texts focusing on the essential question: "How can education be used to create change?" They will gather information from their...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Grade 12: Analyzing Literature

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
An online model of a twelfth-grade analysis of the poem "Porphyria's Lover" by Robert Browning. Provides excellent style, structure, and analytical techniques, as well as notations and aids for student support. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]
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Chateauguay Valley Regional High School: The Past Through Poetry by Mary Sully

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a good example of how to write a literary analysis essay on poetry. This example compares and contrasts Tennyson and Yeats, Victorian poets, on the basis of their lives and their poetry. W.9-10.9a Analysis
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Units: 6th Grade Poetry Unit: Identity

For Teachers 6th Standards
Complete teaching unit for 6th Grade Poetry Unit: "Identity." Students will read 6 poems that speak to the theme of creating an identity. They will revisit the essential question: "How do we forge an identity?", read thematically-paired...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Units: 11th Grade: Thematic Unit: Values and Beliefs

For Teachers 11th Standards
Complete teaching unit for 11th Grade Thematic Unit: "Values and Beliefs." Students will read 8 short stories that examine how values and beliefs are shaped. They will analyze these stories, and the short story form, while considering...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Units: 9th Grade Thematic Unit: Love

For Teachers 9th Standards
Complete teaching unit for 9th Grade Thematic Unit: "Love." In this unit, 9th graders will read six texts that speak to the theme of love. They will revisit the essential question "What is love, and how does it change us?" throughout the...
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TES Global

Tes: The Dark Beneath by Alan Gibbons

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This PowerPoint presentation includes incremental steps that will help students write a language analysis essay of Alan Gibbons' The Dark Beneath.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Units: 5th Grade Author Study: Gary Soto

For Teachers 5th
Complete teaching unit for 5th Grade Author Study: Gary Soto. Students will read 4 short stories and 2 poems by Gary Soto that examine romantic and family love. Students will analyze these texts while considering the essential question:...

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