Today in the computer lab, you were asked to apply the same logic you used in your homework--determining whether or not the Count is fair overall--to a specific situation: is the Count fair in his dealings with Mercedes? You were pointed to specific passages within the novel to help guide your thinking, and asked to provide concrete evidence to back up your assertions. Your final product was to be one page, one paragraph in length.
This assignment gives me a base line understanding of how comfortable you are analyzing text, providing, contextualizing and explaining evidence, and demonstrating mastery of standard English rules. In the weeks ahead, we will be taking a close look at the specifics of writing literary analysis papers, addressing the skills they require.
When you get your papers back, you will be given reviews and exercises tailor-made to address your specific weaknesses. You are to take those handouts and exercises seriously, for repetition of those errors in your work can cost you on future grades. I will ask you to meet with me for one on one instruction if you feel the overviews and exercises I provide are not enough to help you achieve mastery.
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