TKM Literary Essay

Historical Background for Understanding To Kill a Mockingbird

• background
• backgound: historical, author, and character
• altruisms: a survey
• chart to accompany video: "A Time for Justice"

Choosing a Theme

• theme
• practice theme statements

Writing the Introduction: Thesis and Theme

• template for the structure of an introduction
• thesis advice
• samples of introductions

Writing the Body

• analyzing a quote
• worksheet for analyzing a quote
• writing topic sentences
• chart for supporting facts
• template for the structure of body paragraphs

Writing the Conclusion

• template for the structure of a conclusion

Editting

• peer editing questions for the introduction
• peer editing questions for the entire essay

Evaluation

• rubric for the literary essay

Resources

• template for the structure of the entire essay
• brief outline of the literary analysis
• writing guidelines
• key terms associated with the literary essay
• "The Essay Song"