Jail McDonough

Week 32: College Reading and Writing: Nick Flynn and Ashlyn Melton Flynn and Melton: Annotating, Summarizing, Analyzing, Imitating to annotate: to make notes on something to help you understand it better to summarize: to put something in your own words to analyze: to consider a question on the text, providing supporting examples from the text to imitate: to create an original piece of writing based on something you have read We are doing the eighteenth poem and response today, starting on page 63. Exercise : Read and annotate 1. Read the poem and response out loud and underline any words you need to look up 2. Write any questions you have in the margins or in your notebook 3. Put tricky parts into your own words in notes in the margins or in your notebook Exercise : Questions for Comprehension of the poem 1.      What does “you never know” imply?   2.      What is significant about “it could have been cast into anything”? Why contempl

Week 31: College Reading and Writing: Philip Levine Philip Levine: Annotating, Summarizing, Analyzing, Imitating to annotate: to make notes on something to help you understand it better to summarize: to put something in your own words to analyze: to consider a question on the text, providing supporting examples from the text to imitate: to create an original piece of writing based on something you have read We are doing a poem from a handout. The poem is called “What Work Is.” Exercise : Read and annotate 1. Read the poem and response out loud and underline any words you need to look up 2. Write any questions you have in the margins or in your notebook 3. Put tricky parts into your own words in notes in the margins or in your notebook Exercise : Questions for Comprehension of the poem 1.      Who is the “we” in the first line? Who is the “you” in the third line? 2.      What is the “sad slouch” about? 3.      What is significant abo