Students can get overwhelmed with the terminology of literary analysis.  There are a lot of techniques (free resource) and it can be hard to keep track of them all. 

Teachers already have a stressful job while in school.  They shouldn’t also bring that stress home and let it continue on their time off. 

Freud had a lot of wild theories, but a simple understanding of the short essay “The Structure of the Unconscious” can help students easily

Graphic organizers help students that think logically like scientists and mathematicians.

There’s nothing like close reading.  A bunch of colorful annotations on a poem is a beautiful thing.  Close reading is a valuable skill and