Response to Daryl

I think that the idea of literary letters are great, and I think that plot summary is an important skill to have. It gives background information to their audience, but I see this as a rut that students on the high school level fall into. And many teachers label these students at "lazy" or "dumb." They can summarize in great detail, but they cannot analyze or cite evidence to support analysis. I think that summary is a great starting point so that students can develop their literary analysis. Under Bloom's taxonomy, summary is the first level, and is labeled as a basic skill. Teachers need to take steps so that students can develop from summary, so that they can be able to synthesize and evaluate the literature they've read.