High School Literary Analysis

Class Curriculum

Thirteen week high school level curriculum for advanced literary analysis via research papers for the exclusive use of Silver Creek Academic Academy (SCA) students and teachers.

The Course

Requirements


An intensive writing course to be offered once a year on the quarter system to teach students how to write a full-length research paper for literary analysis.

  • 12-13 weeks
  • 6-12 students/class
  • 1 full-length paper
  • 50 SAT level vocabulary words

Execution


Weekly lectures and workshops for individual aspects of the creation of a literary analysis research paper:

  • Book lists
  • Case studies
  • Brainstorming
  • Subject selection
  • Thesis statements
  • Research
  • Bibliographies
  • Outlining
  • Analysis
  • Drafting
  • Citing evidence
  • Editing
  • Peer review
  • Formatting
  • Presentations
  • Plagiarism

Sample Pages

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