Literary Analysis

The American Literature classes have recently been pulling their hair out over the three to five page literary analysis that each of them is required to write. This assignment is undoubtedly a challenge for them, as it is a significant jump in terms of generating content. But over the year they have done plenty of writing on a smaller scale, and were ready for this hurdle. To say the least, they have cleared the hurdle with their rough drafts. What most of the students have done, is something that sounds quite simple, but in reality is significant. They have taken the same quality that they write at in a shorter paper, and managed to protract it over the course of this longer, deeper essay. That is no small feat. Avoiding excess redundancy, confusing formatting and poor structural decisions is hard enough in a long paper like this. Doing that while also maintaining a solid level of analysis and depth is a great accomplishment. With a little bit of work, these young adults are well on their way to excellent final drafts. They have more than met expectations at this point. All rough copies will be returned to students by the end of break, and they will have that next week to revise them.