TeachersFirst Review - LITCHARTS - Get Lit (2024)

Less
More

LITCHARTS - Get Lit- LitCharts

Grades

6 to 12

5Favorites0 Comments

LitCharts is an online site similar to the familiar Cliffs Notes but with their own spin. Charts are available for literary classics such as Romeo and Juliet, Lord of the ...more

Here is the direct link to share this resource review. Feel free to copy and paste this URL into an email or place it on your web page or blog so others can read this TeachersFirst review:

Close Link

LitCharts is an online site similar to the familiar Cliffs Notes but with their own spin. Charts are available for literary classics such as Romeo and Juliet, Lord of the Flies, Jane Eyre, and several more. Charts can be viewed online, downloaded in a PDF file, or accessed through an iPhone app (apps are 99 cents each). Each chart offers a side by side summary and analysis of story events making events easier to follow and understand than typical summaries. In addition, they include a color coded theme tracker to help follow themes throughout the book. Each LitChart is 10 pages or less, making them concise and easy to use.
This site includes advertising.

tag(s): literature (218), summarizing (22)

In the Classroom

LitCharts is a great resource to use with ESL/ELL and intervention students to reinforce concepts in texts provided. It is also helpful for students who lack experience with challenging literary classic. Share a LitChart with your class when reading one of the books on the site then have students create their own LitChart for the next book or to improve on the ones offered here. Provide a link to LitCharts to students to use as a study resource for end of novel assessments. Hint: make sure any assessments you use ask questions that go beyond what these charts offer, or students will not even try to read the actual texts! An intriguing challenge would be to ask them what else they would include in a study guide for the work.

This resource requires PDF reader software like Adobe Acrobat.

Add a Comment and Rate this Resource

Add your comments below(available only to members) | Become a Member

Rating (click star to set rating):

Close comment form

Add to My Favorites

You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
Use the form at the top of the page to log in, or click here to join TeachersFirst (it's free!).

Close

See Also
LitCharts
TeachersFirst Review - LITCHARTS - Get Lit (2024)

FAQs

Is there a way to get LitCharts for free? ›

Fill out this form and click "Continue". Once you submit the form and create an account, you must confirm your email in order to access your account. You're all set! Remember that as a free member, you can always upgrade to LitCharts A+ to get all of our premium subscription benefits.

Can LitCharts be trusted? ›

LitCharts is created by literature experts, run by literature experts, and every LitChart is written by a literature expert. Our founders, Ben and Justin, are experts in English Literature. They both graduated magna cum laude with highest honors in English Literature from Harvard.

Is LitCharts owned by SparkNotes? ›

We're Ben and Justin, the co-founders of LitCharts and the original editors of SparkNotes.

Is there a free trial for LitCharts? ›

We're delighted you're interested in trying out LitCharts A+! We don't offer a free trial, but you can download a few free samples of our downloadable products to get a better idea of what's included in the membership.

Is LitCharts free for students? ›

LitCharts users can create free registered user accounts to access certain features available to logged in free registered users.

How do I unblur the answers on LitCharts? ›

simply right click on your mouse and go down to inspect. then see where it says blur? delete all that, and then type in NOM. press Enter, and just like that, it's un blurred.

Is LitCharts worth it? ›

LitCharts is a great resource to use with ESL/ELL and intervention students to reinforce concepts in texts provided. It is also helpful for students who lack experience with challenging literary classic.

How to download PDF in LitCharts for free? ›

Click on the blue Download button in the right sidebar under "Download this Chart (PDF)." You'll need to be on a laptop or desktop computer in order to access the download links, which are located on every page of each literature guide.

How much does LitCharts cost? ›

You can subscribe to LitCharts A+ as a monthly member or as an annual member. A monthly subscription is $9.95 USD per month. You can save 50% by subscribing for a year! Our annual subscription rate is $59.40 USD.

Why do teachers not like SparkNotes? ›

Because online resources like SparkNotes are meant to supplement study rather than replace it, they can be either horribly misused — with unfortunate consequences to students' grades and professors' trust in their character — or carefully used to great success.

Is SparkNotes no longer free? ›

SparkNotes Plus subscription is $4.99/month or $24.99/year as selected above. The free trial period is the first 7 days of your subscription.

What is better than SparkNotes? ›

Top 7 Competitors & Alternatives to sparknotes.com

litcharts.com , with 7.87M visits, 69 authority score, 56.39% bounce rate. cliffsnotes.com , with 4.68M visits, 69 authority score, 66.67% bounce rate. gradesaver.com , with 3.33M visits, 59 authority score, 65.57% bounce rate.

Is LitCharts safe? ›

Yes, we do! Every page on the LitCharts website and all of our transactions are 128-bit encrypted (look for the 'https' in the URL bar that indicates the connection is fully encrypted).

Who runs LitCharts? ›

LitCharts was founded in 2008 by Justin Kestler and Ben Florman, who led the editorial and product development of SparkNotes, another literature guide series, in the early 2000s.

Is the LitCharts app free? ›

Most of the content on our website and mobile apps remains freely accessible to all users. LitCharts A+ exclusive content, such as our Literature Guide PDFs, Quotes Explanations, and Teacher Editions, is accessible to paid subscribers only.

References

Top Articles
Latest Posts
Article information

Author: Arielle Torp

Last Updated:

Views: 6391

Rating: 4 / 5 (61 voted)

Reviews: 84% of readers found this page helpful

Author information

Name: Arielle Torp

Birthday: 1997-09-20

Address: 87313 Erdman Vista, North Dustinborough, WA 37563

Phone: +97216742823598

Job: Central Technology Officer

Hobby: Taekwondo, Macrame, Foreign language learning, Kite flying, Cooking, Skiing, Computer programming

Introduction: My name is Arielle Torp, I am a comfortable, kind, zealous, lovely, jolly, colorful, adventurous person who loves writing and wants to share my knowledge and understanding with you.