Essential questions require opening up the discussion to include current events, history, or ideas.

One-pagers and sketchnotes give students the opportunity to creatively express their interpretation of a novel.

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.

If we are being honest, most students interact more with modern media than with literature.

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