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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: "How to Write a Literary Analysis Essay" [Pdf]

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
This is a nine-page PDF entitled "How to Write a Literary Analysis Essay" which explains in detail the parts of a literary analysis and how to write them.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: Literary Analysis Example 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This seven-page essay provides an example of a literary analysis essay (using "Things Fall Apart"). Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: Literary Analysis Example 3

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This seven-page essay provides an example of a literary analysis essay. Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and explanations on the essay.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: 10th Lit/comp

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Contains learning modules on the following topics: Research and MLA Foundations, Novels and Short Stories, Poetry: the Sonnet, Shakespearean Drama, Informative and Argumentative Essays,Research and MLA Review, Narrative Nonfiction,...
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Other

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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CommonLit

Common Lit: Units: 6th Grade Thematic Unit: Growing Up

For Teachers 6th
Complete teaching unit for 6th Grade Thematic Unit: "Growing Up." Students will read eight texts that speak to the theme of growing up. They will revisit the essential question: "What does it mean to grow up?," read thematically-paired...
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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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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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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Research Essay for the Turn of the Screw

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This PDF lesson plan is for students to write a 5-7 page essay which uses research to support their stance on a topic. For this essay, the students will argue whether they believe the character of the Governess, from Henry James' The...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Grade 11: Analyzing a Novel [Pdf]

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Provides an excellent model of a novel analysis. Using Edith Wharton's "Ethan Frome," this essay provides good commentary and style, as well as helpful notations and aids for student improvement and understanding. Requires Adobe Reader....
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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: 5th Grade Author Study: Shel Silverstein

For Teachers 6th
Complete teaching unit for 5th Grade Author Study: Shel Silverstein. Students will read 6 poems by Shel Silverstein that speak to the theme of how we should live our lives. Students will revisit the essential question "According to Shel...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Analyze Literary Essays' Inclusion of Personal Opinions and Facts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn how to identify and discuss the use of facts, personal examples, and ideas and how they are woven into a literary essay.
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Other

Emily Dickinson: Early Feminist Essays (Pub. 1886 1915)

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an eclectic mix of Dickinson's letters, some early essays about her writing, and remembrances of her by friends and family. The texts of 32 of her poems are annotated with references to other Dickinson writings. The entire site...
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes/analysis, study questions/quiz, and essay topics.
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the book Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes/analysis, study questions/quiz, and essay topics.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Literary Text: Irony, Sarcasm, and Paradox

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will learn to evaluate the role of irony, paradox, and sarcasm in literary nonfiction such as speeches and essays. Take a look at the chart; it contains...
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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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Other

Oakland Writes: Student Exemplars: Tenth Grade: Response to Literature [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An literary response essay written by a tenth-grader with notes calling attention to important writing concepts evident in the essay including a well-written title and introduction, a strong thesis, supporting details including quotes...
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Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Articles and Essays: Our Contributors: Edgar Allan Poe

For Students 9th - 10th
A short literary analysis, published during Poe's lifetime, of select Poe poems, including "Lenore."
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Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Articles and Essays: On Edgar Allan Poe

For Students 9th - 10th
Access articles, published lectures, and related papers on Edgar Allan Poe's contributions to literature. Collection features works that were written during Poe's lifetime as well as more contemporary pieces and includes analysis of both...
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Other

The Madness of Syracusan Antipholus

For Students 9th - 10th
This essay addresses the madness present within the Shakespearean comedy, "The Comedy of Errors," and how it is reflective of "Elizabethan ideas about both supernatural and natural causes of madness."
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: "Raisin in the Sun" Teacher Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
"Raisin in the Sun" (screenplay) teacher guide includes in-depth introduction and synopsis. Also featured are tips for reading a screenplay. Masterfully explores themes, symbolism, and film techniques. Consists of 16 pages. This is a...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

For Teachers 9th - 10th
"In this unit, students explore the artistry that helped make Irving our nation's first literary master and ponder the mystery that now haunts every Halloween -- What happened to Ichabod Crane?"