The blue rectangle is the central part of your paragraph. It contains the text reference and text support that your theme is evident in the actual “proves” text. The bottom triangle contains the head and heart, which, in many ways, should be the most interesting and thoughtful part of your paragraph. It is where you discuss the importance of the theme in the text support and text reference in the smoking gun. See how (as opposed to the upper triangle) it starts narrow and expands to allow you to logically tie back in to your broad theme in your concluding sentence. Be sure to follow of the details of the rubric explained in the steps below, and “all” try your hand at a creating a well-crafted literary analysis paragraph—one that we call a in my class! “whamdammer” In the rubric below, I use an example paragraph written by Ryan Ewing one of my 8th grade students in 2013. The strength of Ryan’s paragraph is not just that it is a good paragraph; it s because he follows the details of the rubric throughout his paragraph. If you wish, replace his text with your own text, then cut and paste your words into a new document and save and submit as required by your teacher. 1. ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION As Mae West said, is better to look marvelous than to feel marvelous.” “It In that spirit, create assignments that good. “look” In the top right corner of your assignment post your name, class, section, assignment name and date. For Example: Ryan Ewing 8th Grade English Section One Huck Finn Paragraph 5/20/2013
The blue rectangle is the central part of your paragraph. It contains the text reference and text support that “proves” your theme is evident in the actual text. The bottom triangle contains the head and heart, which, in many ways, should be the most interesting and thoughtful part of your paragraph. It is where you discuss the importance of the theme in the text support and text reference in the smoking gun. See how (as opposed to the upper triangle) it starts narrow and expands to allow you to logically tie back in to your broad theme in your concluding sentence. Be sure to follow “all” of the details of the rubric explained in the steps below, and try your hand at a creating a well-crafted literary analysis paragraph—one that we call a “whamdammer” in my class! In the rubric below, I use an example paragraph written by Ryan Ewing one of my 8th grade students in 2013. The strength of Ryan’s paragraph is not just that it is a good paragraph; it s because he follows the details of the rubric throughout his paragraph. If you wish, replace his text with your own text, then cut and paste your words into a new document and save and submit as required by your teacher. 1. ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION As Mae West said, “It is better to look marvelous than to feel marvelous.” In that spirit, create assignments that “look” good. In the top right corner of your assignment post your name, class, section, assignment name and date. For Example: Ryan Ewing 8th Grade English Section One Huck Finn Paragraph 5/20/2013