Literary Analysis Lesson Plans
- Character
Traits - To examine the attitudes, motives, and basic character of
at least one of the major literary figures in the play (Julius Caesar).
- Elements
of Plot - Students will be able to identify the elements of plot in
a short story.
- Learning
Literary Genres - Students will be able to identify the aspects of
each genre.
- Literary
Theory and Social Issues - This lesson looks at criticism and its
many forms.
- Lyrical
Poetry - Students will incorporate the literary devices learned through
the study of other poetry selections.
- Musical
Elements of Fiction - The learner will study the characteristics of
literary genres through exploring what impact literary elements have on
meaning of the text.
- Poetry-
similes and metaphors- Create a simile by filling in the blank.
- Recognizing
Symbolism and Allegory - The following lesson is designed to assist
students in identifying and understanding the use of symbolism in literature.
- Setting
and Storyboards - The purpose of this lesson is to teach the students
how to identify setting, as a literary element.
- Short
Story Lesson : High Interest - Frame the reading process and support
students' understanding of the things good readers do before, during,
and after reading.
- Short
Story Unit Plan- Understand the importance and impact of the elements
of plot in the context of an orally narrated story and how each story
we tell has the basic elements of plot.
- Similes
vs Metaphors - This lesson plan will explain the difference between
metaphors and similes. It will also introduce the literary term of "onomatopoeia".
- Sonnets
from Hester- Analysis of characters.
- Story
Stew- To begin, the teacher dons an apron and produces the cook pot
and spoon and tells the students they are going to make story stew. Explain
that a good story is like stew -- it has lots of ingredients.
- Summarizing
Using Power Point - Expressing Literary Ideas with Technology.
- Symbolism
and Aphorisms use this lesson in conjunction with To Kill a Mockingbird-
Symbolism and words to live by; imaginative creation and application of
knowledge of literary symbol.
- Story
Wheels- Story Wheel is a reading activity designed to help students
practice sequencing skills, summarizing a novel, visualizing story elements,
and recognizing story structure.
- The
5 Literary Elements - To learn about the five elements of literature:
character, setting, plot, theme and point of view.
- The
Little Painter of Sabana Grand - Students will be able to understand
and identify literary elements of realistic fiction.
- Using
Children's Literature to Teach Writing: Perfect Pancakes- "Students
will write a how-to essay using Perfect Pancakes by William Wise."
- Using
Inferences - Use prior knowledge to connect to the text.
- Using
Superman to teach the epic hero in The Odyssey- After reading the
Odyssey and discussing the characteristics of an epic and an epic hero,
I have the students watch Superman, the movie.
- What
a Character!- Students will be able to analyze a character in a novel
by identifying a least 3 character traits and providing proof of those
traits in writing.
- World
Literature - Through this unit the student will gain an appreciation
for poetry from diverse poets.
- Writing
Children s Literature- Students brainstorm common themes and characteristics
of their favorite children's stories. Teacher lists these and the titles
of books on the board.