Using a Christmas Carol (or song or a Winter themed one), students will analyze the poetic elements in use and their impact on the song.
This process has students start with the close reading, using the fill-in-the-blank student printable. After completing the worksheets, students are provided the instructions with how to turn those worksheets into the rest of their essay. This puts the emphasis on the close reading and how that evidence creates the rest of the essay.
Sampling of Non-Religious and Winter Songs provided along with some Poetic Device Samples.
• Overview & Teacher Notes
• Deployment Instructions
• Poetic Device Samples
• Literary Analysis Evidence and Analysis Collection Printable
• Writing Your Literary Analysis Student Instruction Sheet-- for introducing or reinforcing literary essay writing
• Song Lyric Literary Analysis Rubric—rubric only, to go with the guided student instruction sheet
• Song Lyric Literary Analysis Student instruction sheet with rubric—for students already familiar with literary analysis essay writing who need less guidance.
This file is a single PDF.
Process is similar to the one used in the 3 Wishes 5 Paragraph Essay
. Great for introducing the topic in a fun, student-centric way, or for refresher on close reading.
Works well with the5 Paragraph Essay Model
, sold separately.
Also available in a non-Christmas Carol version for use with any song: Song Lyric Literary Analysis
Want more literary essay support, try the Literary Essay Writing for Any Text, Differentiate for Writers of All Levels
to scaffold for any writer.
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