Learning Goals
I am learning to…
Apply reading strategies so we can make meaning from a text;
Read different forms of texts;
Identify the elements of a variety of texts
Use evidence to support my ideas
Explain how specific choices an author makes in terms of conventions and stylistic features affect the reader’s understanding of the content of a text.
Today, we will review the Analyzing a Short Story Using Literary Theory handout and have a look at some models.
- Model 1: Snow White Reader’s Response
- Model 2: Balen’s Reader Response
- Model 3: Balen’s Hero Journey Response
- Model 4: Sample Narrative Element Response
- Writing about literature handout
Students plan by
-annotating the text to find evidence
-make notes
-write thesis
-find evidence to support thesis
Write your paper. Use the Peer Editing Sheet for Literary Analysis for self-editing.
Submit your paper to Turnitin.com
Due Wednesday by 11:59 p.m.
PeerMark begins Thursday at 12:00 a.m.
PeerMark ends May 16 at 11:59 p.m.