Friday, May 8, 2020
A Student Struggles With Nella Larsens Passing Reflective Essay Topics
A Student Struggles With Nella Larsen's Passing Reflective Essay TopicsIn the past I've seen many nella Larsen passing reflection essay topics, and yet I have a suspicion that there is more than one area in which the student is struggling with. Below I've listed some of my observations of one of the more challenging topics in nella Larsen's writing.Perhaps it's the content, or perhaps it's the subject, but in this one place I see my student struggling most. There are some passages which go into too much detail, or which go into too little detail. In one passage she seems to have gone from excessive detail to not enough detail in just one sentence. This was a really disappointing experience for me because it's one of the most detailed topics in this particular essay.Another place where my student seems to struggle with more depth is the biographical info. My student tends to dive into too much detail with descriptions of loved ones or relationships, without taking care to bring in as much background information as they could. She ends up describing the relationships, without giving a clear picture of who the people are. She could have done a better job of getting the background information about the relationships. This could have added to the emotion of the story.The artistry of the story, and the portrait of personality she paints in her human interest article is wonderful. It's not necessarily what I would call detail oriented, but it's not exactly sparse either. So I'd say that's one area that her writing style could be improved.In another area, I notice she's not paying attention to the subtopics in her topic. One problem in that area is the lack of elaboration on the positive aspects of the topics she's covering. For example, I asked her how she felt about the book 'Lady Like Fire' by Eleanor Roosevelt. She responded by saying it was good, then offered a link to an article on the book. That's fine, but she didn't elaborate on the book or the author.For any topic that doesn't have a secondary interest or something she's interested in, or something shepersonally learned about, it makes sense to provide some depth, or to use more words on that topic. The amount of information you provide should reflect the amount of knowledge you have on the topic.It would be nice if my student would learn to take stock of all of the areas in her topic. Whether it's a biographical issue or a broad topic, a science topic, or a philosophical issue, she needs to look at those areas and be able to answer them based on all of the information that she has, or she's able to come up with new answers based on the information she has. In general, what I mean by that is to give your readers a sense of what kind of person you are, and to support their ideas about that person.In closing, this is just one example of how my nella Larsen passes reflection essay topics have required the students to go deep on a topic. Not everything comes out right, and sometimes the dir ections don't always get it right. But it's great to know that the student is still committed to the topic, and that she's working on it in spite of the struggles she may have experienced.
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