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 Poetry | Fiction | Drama | Essay Analysis | Schools of Criticism // Responding to reading: // news report

Using Questions to analyze literature is a great way to use our prior knowledge and interests to help us understand and explore a work.
 * Questioning/Inquiry **

Use the TDSB Student Research Guide (see table of contents for Questioning) = **Prose** =
 * 1) Go to earlhaig.ca/library
 * 2) On the right panel, click on the Green Research Guide link [[image:researchguide.png width="41" height="41"]]
 * 3) Enter the password to open the PDF - consider saving to your phone! All library passwords are in the library section at the front of your agenda (2016: p23-24).
 * Gr. 11 Essay Analysis - click here.
 * 4Uessay analysis click here.

 = **Fiction** =
 * Elements of Fiction - Elements of Fiction ([[file:mistergo/elements of fiction3.doc|downloadable Word file]]) (Overview of the seven key elements of every story)
 * **Elements Analysis worksheet** (contains leading questions to direct analysis of elements)
 * [[file:Describing Fiction-Novelist Appeal Terms.docx|Reading Fiction]] - a phrase and vocabulary list of phrases for reviewers
 * **Theme:** Theme analysis tips
 * How to Find Theme (Mouthing the Message) (instructions on how to formulate a theme for a literary piece and a **catalogue of known themes** in literature)
 * **Character:** Tips on How to analyze characters in fiction
 * [[file:character_traits_and_emotions_1410.doc|Character Traits and Emotions]] (catalogue of adjectives to help describe character traits)
 * **Literary Devices:** Glossary of literary terms for fiction - download to Word.
 * Glossary of Literary Devices (marked for Juniors with emoji)
 * More extensive glossary of literary terms
 * **[[file:3U - Metaphor Chart.doc|Explaining metaphor]]** (exercise for Zhang's "Love must not be forgotten")



//"A good reader makes a good writer."// ▲Top  = News Reports = ► Analyze samples from Toronto Star, Globe and Mail ► ► Tips on writing a News Report (The lead is the W5H opening paragraph). Focus on an conflict-rich, event-based part of the story studied in class (e.g., Hermia's Rebellion, Montague vs. Capulet: a Civil Brawl) ► ▲Top  = = = Drama =
 * Reading Strategies**
 * [[file:Reading Log - Independent .pdf]]
 * Keep track of your reading with a Triple Entry Notebook
 * ** Dramatic Significance Reference: **
 * ENG1D: Dramatic Significance of a Scene (ENG1D - Midsummer)
 * ENG3U: [[file:1103Dramatic Significance of a Scene or Excerpt.doc|Dramatic Significance of a Scene or Excerpt]] (//Macbeth//)
 * ENG2D [[file:2ddramatic_significance_of_a_scene_or_excerpt2 (1).doc|Dramatic Significance (Romeo and Juliet)]]
 * ** Dramatic Significance Worksheets **
 * 3U [[file:3u_macbeth_psg_analysis_worksheet-edit01.doc|Dramatic Significance Worksheet]] (Serpent Under It)
 * 2D Dramatic Signifcance Worksheet (O Loving Hate)
 * 1D Dramatic Significance Worksheet (MSND)
 * 1D Dramatic Significance Worksheet (MSND)


 * Supports **
 * [[file:Integrating_quotations-edit01.doc|Integrating Quotations]]
 * Theatre Vocabulary
 * [[file:Macbeth - Drama Theatre terms.doc|Dramatic Terms]]
 * Film Terminology

► ► : add lighting, costume, set design ► Macbeth plot summary
 * Play Review materials: **

// Examples: // ► Merchant of Venice at Stratford Review ► Look at articles with "review" in title: Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, National Post


 * Drama E-Texts: **
 * Bartleby.com - Oxford Shakespeare
 * ENG1D: A Midsummer Night's Dream
 * ENG2D: Romeo and Juliet (Bartleby.com)
 * ENG3U: Macbeth


 * Reading Supports and Strategies: **


 * 1) 1. Review what you **know** about Shakespeare and English in Elizabethan times.
 * Watch this and other videos from reputable sources: Shakespeare's Biography and Use of Language


 * 1) 2. Watch the film version. Shakepeare's plays are meant to be appreciated on stage. Seeing the characters come to life helps to understand both the surface meaning (plot, setting, character development), but also the subtleties of

=//** MACBETH (1948). Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 3 Dec 2013. **//= ▲Top  = **Poetry** =
 * **[[file:reading a poem handout.doc|How to Read a Poem]]** and some Poetic Devices
 * ** [[file:Reading a Poem - edit2.doc|How to Read a Poem Worksheet]] **
 * ** [[file:How to Find Theme of a Literary Piece.doc|How to Find Theme]] ** (Mouthing the Message) (instructions on how to formulate a theme for a literary piece and a catalogue of known themes in literature)
 * Poetry Devices (from //Themes on the Journey//) - complete glossary


 * E-texts of Poetry Online **


 * **Representative Poetry Online** (U of T - primary sources)
 * ** Canadian Poetry Online **
 * ** Poetry in Voice **


 * Poetry Research and Project Skills **
 * **Poetry Research** (secondary sources) - **click here**.
 * How to convert Text to symbolic Images (in poetry)

▲Top =** Poetic Devices in depth **=
 * Metaphor - **click here**.
 * Extensive list of general literary terms (NB: not all apply to poetry)

== =** Schools of Literary Criticism **=
 * ** Topic Overview (from OWL@Purdue) - click here, from St. Mary University (click here) **
 * ** Glossary of Literary Theory - click here. **
 * [|Purdue OWL: Writing a Literary Analysis Presentation]
 * Literary Critcism summary: [[file:Schools of Criticism.docx]]
 * [|types of literary criticism]
 * [|Teaching Literature]
 * [|Literary Criticism]
 * Why "tear apart" literature by analyzing it? (A University Prof. speaks out)

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=** Essay Analysis **=
 * **ENG3U -** Gr. 11 Essay Analysis

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