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How-To & Why-To Downloads
Introductory Reading on Reading -- Required
Why Read Old Books? by Mitchell Kalpakgian (PDF)
How and Why to Annotate by Nick Olten and How to Mark a Book by Mortimer Adler (PDF)
How to Read Imaginative Literature by Mortimer Adler (PDF)
Why Study Literature? (PDF)
Introductory Reading on Writing -- Required
Rose's Rules of Writing -- The Top 36 (PDF)
How to Write a Literary Essay -- essential: This is what this course is all about (DOCX)
Sample Literary Analysis Essay -- use this as a model (PDF)
Good Readers and Good Writers by Vladimir Nabokov (PDF)
How to Answer Short Essay Questions on Exams (DOC)
How to Write a Synopsis of a Short Story or Novel (DOC)
How to Complete a SIFT Analysis (DOC)
How to Write a Thesis About Theme / How to Build a Thesis About Theme (DOC)
Essential PowerPoints
Five-Paragraph Essay Basics (PPT)
How to Move Beyond the Formulaic Essay (PPT)
Other Helpful How-To'
How to Read a Book -- full text (Adler)
How to Understand a Play (Dixon)
How to Do a Close Reading (Harvard)
How to Read Dickens (Epstein)
How to Read Literature Like a Professor (Thomas Forster)
How to Read a Writing Prompt for Timed Writing
How to Succeed on PSAT/SAT Critical Reading Passages
Why Read Old Books? by Mitchell Kalpakgian (PDF)
How and Why to Annotate by Nick Olten and How to Mark a Book by Mortimer Adler (PDF)
How to Read Imaginative Literature by Mortimer Adler (PDF)
Why Study Literature? (PDF)
Introductory Reading on Writing -- Required
Rose's Rules of Writing -- The Top 36 (PDF)
How to Write a Literary Essay -- essential: This is what this course is all about (DOCX)
Sample Literary Analysis Essay -- use this as a model (PDF)
Good Readers and Good Writers by Vladimir Nabokov (PDF)
How to Answer Short Essay Questions on Exams (DOC)
How to Write a Synopsis of a Short Story or Novel (DOC)
How to Complete a SIFT Analysis (DOC)
How to Write a Thesis About Theme / How to Build a Thesis About Theme (DOC)
Essential PowerPoints
Five-Paragraph Essay Basics (PPT)
How to Move Beyond the Formulaic Essay (PPT)
Other Helpful How-To'
How to Read a Book -- full text (Adler)
How to Understand a Play (Dixon)
How to Do a Close Reading (Harvard)
How to Read Dickens (Epstein)
How to Read Literature Like a Professor (Thomas Forster)
How to Read a Writing Prompt for Timed Writing
How to Succeed on PSAT/SAT Critical Reading Passages
Rubrics
Analytical Essay Rubric (PDF)
Short Essay Exam Answers Rubric (PDF)
Literary Response Journal Rubric (PDF)
Short Essay Exam Answers Rubric (PDF)
Literary Response Journal Rubric (PDF)
Other Downloads
Vocabulary & Literary Terms
#1 Overview of Basic Literary Terms -- start with this hand-out and then move to the one below
#2 Full list of Literary Terms for A.P. English -- once you have mastered the "glossary" above
Word Roots Dictionary -- very helpful when studying for ACT/PSAT/SAT
Literature & Literary Analysis Helpers
Conventional Symbols in Literature
Sample Five-Paragraph Analytical Essay -- use this as a model
Sample -- Literary Analysis Data Sheet (for Jane Eyre)
Literary Analysis Data Sheet -- blank in DOC
SIFT Worksheet -- blank in DOC
Composition Resources
The Elements of Composition
Pre-Writing Worksheet for the 5-paragraph essay
Sample Five-Paragraph Analytical Essay -- use this as a model
Essay Revision Self-Evaluation Form -- can also be used for peer reviews
Grading Rubric for Analytical Essay on Literature
#1 Overview of Basic Literary Terms -- start with this hand-out and then move to the one below
#2 Full list of Literary Terms for A.P. English -- once you have mastered the "glossary" above
Word Roots Dictionary -- very helpful when studying for ACT/PSAT/SAT
Literature & Literary Analysis Helpers
Conventional Symbols in Literature
Sample Five-Paragraph Analytical Essay -- use this as a model
Sample -- Literary Analysis Data Sheet (for Jane Eyre)
Literary Analysis Data Sheet -- blank in DOC
SIFT Worksheet -- blank in DOC
Composition Resources
The Elements of Composition
Pre-Writing Worksheet for the 5-paragraph essay
Sample Five-Paragraph Analytical Essay -- use this as a model
Essay Revision Self-Evaluation Form -- can also be used for peer reviews
Grading Rubric for Analytical Essay on Literature