Literature Literary Analysis Mini-Book Common Core

Literary Element Analysis Mini-Book
for Any Story!

Product/Materials Preface (Grades 6-12):

Here is my Literary Element Analysis Activity that will help students better Analysis and Evaluate the Myriad Literary Elements and Intricacies of any given Story. There are about 90 Analysis Templates to choose from along with 4 pre-made covers and there is a blank cover template so students can customize their own. This English Language Arts Resource also comes with numerous Introductory Mini-Lesson/Handouts and Question Stimulators (for the teacher). This is a Rigorous CCSS Activity in that it covers the gamut of various Reading Literature and Writing Standards. The activity will help students better understand key concepts, vocabulary, and terms.

You can use the visual activity to focus on a particular book you are studying. It can be a class novel or your students’ independent reading books. You can use the organizers for guided reading, book clubs, and literature circles. Makes for a great bulletin board activity, book report alternate, final project, exit, project, etc. You are only limited by your imagination.

Includes— About 90 Differentiated Templates (2 per page) to Analyze and Evaluate a Story’s:

< Introductory Elements < Genre Conventions < Point of View < Characters
< Characterization
< Dialogue < Setting < Conflict < Plot < Irony < Duality < Symbolism < Theme
< Making Text Connections < Comparing & Contrasting < Advanced Cause & Effect

Bonus—
< 15 Literary Element/Vocabulary Content Mini-Lesson/Handouts
< 3 High Order Thinking Question Planning Stimulators (For Teacher Usage)
< Writing Response Templates for Answering Questions & Essays
< 6 Customizable (After Printing) Templates
< 1 Collage Template < 1 Drawing/Sketching Template

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Common Core Anchor Standards>>>>>>>>>>>
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.1 Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.2 Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.3 Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.