After so many years feeling frustrated with the formal analysis paper, I decided to make it a team application activity for my Intro to Art: Its History and meaning course. Each team wrote a formal analysis paper during class (75 min.). I provided students with a handout that detailed the assignment, as well as the grading rubric, and I projected a single image on a screen. I also asked that each team member write a portion of the paper. I circulated the classroom as each team worked through the paper. By the end of the class period, each team wrote about 1.5 pages on a loose-leaf, lined page. So far I've been impressed with the quality of the papers. They all had a thesis statement, demonstrated clear organization, and used visual evidence. Compared to the formal analysis papers I normally read, these team-written ones are more sophisticated and display higher-level thinking.