Unit 5: Fahrenheit 451 Literary Analysis – Writing Workshop Teacher Ms. Megan Kang E-Mail Telephone (949) 293-5028 don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop “You reading them." Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 —Ray April Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 13 14 Prewriting 15 Prewriting 16 Prewriting 17 – – – Introduce Prompts Developing your Outlining & Outline due at the No School and Literary Analysis thesis Components of strong beginning of class Essay close ready essay Working thesis Integrating textual statement due by HW: Complete evidence into my the end of class outline 20 Drafting 21 Drafting 22 Drafting 23 Revising 24 Revising – – – – – Reviewing the 9 part body Body paragraphs: Revise thesis & draft Rough Draft essay paragraphs: Close read body introduction and due at beginning of background of story paragraphs conclusion class and summary of paragraphs selected passage Peer Reviews Final thesis statement due at end of class 27 Editing & 28 Editing & 29 Publishing Day! 30 1 – – – Proofreading Proofreading Final Draft due MLA Formatting Final proofreading Literary Analysis Essay The culmination of our Fahrenheit 451 Unit will be a — literary analysis essay, which is an attempt to evaluate and understand the work of an author, either a single work or an entire body of work. This essay will be your opportunity to explore a particular character, theme, or idea from the novel that you found interesting and want to understand more deeply. Writing a literary analysis essay includes: 1) composing a clear, literary thesis that offers a significant interpretation of the text, 2) offering a variety of types of literary evidence to support the claim, including effective analysis of that evidence; 3) offering clearly defined and developed paragraphs, each with its own defined topic sentence with a literary claim; 4) demonstrating a grasp of grammar and style.
Unit 5: Fahrenheit 451 – Literary Analysis Writing Workshop Teacher Ms. Megan Kang E-Mail Telephone (949) 293-5028 “You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them." —Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 April Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 13 Introduce Prompts and Literary Analysis Essay 14 – Prewriting Developing your thesis Working thesis statement due by the end of class 15 – Prewriting Outlining & Components of strong close ready essay HW: Complete outline 16 – Prewriting Outline due at the beginning of class Integrating textual evidence into my 17 No School 20 – Drafting Reviewing the 9 part essay 21 – Drafting body paragraphs: background of story and summary of selected passage 22 – Drafting Body paragraphs: Close read body paragraphs 23 – Revising Revise thesis & draft introduction and conclusion paragraphs Final thesis statement due at end of class 24 – Revising Rough Draft due at beginning of class Peer Reviews 27 – Editing & Proofreading MLA Formatting 28 – Editing & Proofreading Final proofreading 29 – Publishing Day! Final Draft due 30 1 Literary Analysis Essay — The culmination of our Fahrenheit 451 Unit will be a literary analysis essay, which is an attempt to evaluate and understand the work of an author, either a single work or an entire body of work. This essay will be your opportunity to explore a particular character, theme, or idea from the novel that you found interesting and want to understand more deeply. Writing a literary analysis essay includes: 1) composing a clear, literary thesis that offers a significant interpretation of the text, 2) offering a variety of types of literary evidence to support the claim, including effective analysis of that evidence; 3) offering clearly defined and developed paragraphs, each with its own defined topic sentence with a literary claim; 4) demonstrating a grasp of grammar and style.
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