Literary Analysis Toolkit for Teachers - Planning and Teaching Any Text
This editable resource provides secondary English teachers with a practical framework for analysing novels, short stories, films, documentaries, poetry and more. It provides a structured process for exploring meaning, context, creator choices and deeper interpretation.
Designed for teachers rather than students, the resource can be used during text selection, lesson planning, departmental collaboration, or the development of teaching resources and assessments.
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This resource includes one booklet containing:
⭐ First read/watch and text suitability tools
⭐ Context analysis pages, including creator context and text context
⭐ Genre, conventions, tropes, and literary traditions
⭐ Key ideas and creator purpose frameworks
⭐ Character, setting, structure, perspective, and narration analysis
⭐ Symbols, motifs, techniques, and style analysis tools
⭐ Human behaviour and social commentary frameworks
⭐ Ambiguity, interpretation, and debate prompts
⭐ Wider connections and relevance analysis pages
You will enjoy:
❤️ A flexible framework that can be used with virtually any text
❤️ Reusable templates that work across year levels and text types
❤️ A clear process that moves from first impressions to deeper analysis
❤️ Practical tools for exploring ideas, creator choices and deeper interpretation
❤️ Time-saving support for planning text studies and units of work
Formats:
🖥️ Microsoft PowerPoint, resized to an A4 page. This means your resource:
- Is completely editable.
- Will easily upload to your Google Drive if you prefer the Googley suite.
- Is printable 📃
🖥️ A PDF version of each document.
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Also helpful are these related products:
✅ Genre Forms - Teaching BUNDLE (novel, poetry, documentary, film, podcast, static images, dystopian literature) - all also sold separately.
✅ Elements of Literature - Aspects of Texts BUNDLE ( symbolism, plot structure, character study...) - all also sold separately.
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Sharing/Copying this Resource
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- Please do NOT share with the school down the road.
- Please do NOT take it with you to a new school.
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