LITERARY

ANALYSIS 8TH GRADE ELA

Mena

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)

Literary Analysis

CHOOSE ONE PAIR OF STORIES ON WHICH

TO BASE YOUR LITERARY ANALYSIS

CREATE A CHART THAT LISTS CHARACTER

TRAITS WITH TEXTUAL EVIDENCE

Literary Analysis STORY CHARACTER TRAIT 1 EVIDENCE TRAIT 2 EVIDENCE

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

Literary Analysis

Venn Diagram

LITERARY ANALYSIS

USE BOTH YOUR CHART AND VENN

DIAGRAM TO CREATE AN OUTLINE OF

YOUR PAPER

USE THE TEMPLATE FROM THE NEXT SLIDE

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OUTLINE

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

Literary Analysis

PEER EDITING

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