Making Literary Judgements - Evaluating Texts

This is a single page matrix that concentrates on four aspects to consider when evaluating texts, also referred to as making literary judgements or applying literary criticism.
 
The four aspects are arranged in a matrix that looks at criticism through two view points. These are:
personal and subjective, and
technical and objective
 
Within this matrix lie four aspects to consider. These create an acronym (LETS or LEST) which covers:
Lens - looking through your own lens and the lenses of others.
Expectations - what expectations are we going into the reading with?
Techniques - what techniques has the creator used and what are the effects of those?
So what?! - So, what is the creator showing us about our world and human nature?
 
If you're a bit stressed about how to give your senior students an overview as to how to tackle literary criticism, then this is your go-to!
 
This resource is in a PDF format. The one-pager comes in four different designs to suit your/your students' tastes.