Researching Literary Terms and Analysis

I am working on a little school planning this week and I wanted to share some links that I found that may be useful to you too.

I enjoyed reading Susan Wise Bauer's information about literary analysis from her presentation notes:
Literary Analysis and When to Teach It

She suggests that high school age students keep a "literary analysis notebook" with the terms, a brief description, and then some examples from the student's reading. We are going to start using this idea (sort of a variation on a written narration) along with some of the ideas she lists for more formal evaluation of the student's reading. I love that she says to not analyze every book you read. She also says that we need to preserve the child's love of learning....I couldn't agree more.

Here is a great link that we will be using for the next two years as we read through our high school literature selections:
The Elements of Literature
I have seen other lists on the internet but this one seems very concise and easy to manage. We have covered many of the terms listed in the past but I like the way this list breaks down the terms into the different genre of literature.

Susan Wise Bauer also suggests using this book:

I have just ordered it so I will post a review of the book after I receive it and perhaps use it over the next term with my boys.

Hope this helps some other moms working on planning for next year.

Barb-Harmony Art Mom