Week 50: College Reading and Writing: Debra Marquart and Jacob and Darchel Mohler
Debra Marquart and Jacob and Darchel Mohler: 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 thirty-second poem and
response in the book today, starting on page 112.
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. How does sound work in this poem?
2. What is the role of “you” (Marquart
112-113)?
3. Why is “silence” important in this
poem (Marquart 112-113)?
Exercise: Summarize the poem
Write a paragraph summarizing the poem
with quotations, in-text citation, and a Work Cited Page.
Example too-short summary, incorporating quotation and in-text
citation:
Brenda Hillman’s poem “The Family Sells the
Family Gun” tells the story of siblings getting rid of their father’s gun after
“his ashes...were lying” (87). The speaker questions what it means to own and
get rid of a gun in America, saying, “[w]e couldn’t take it to the cops even in
my handbag” (Hillman 88).
Work Cited Page (for today’s
poem)
Marquart, Debra. “Kablooey is the Sound
You’ll Hear.” Bullets Into Bells: Poets
and Citizens Respond to Gun Violence. Ed. Brian Clements et al. Beacon
Press, 2017.
Exercise: Questions for Comprehension of the response
- Who is the speaker
and why it important?
- What is the
importance of “what if” in this response (J. Mohler and D. Mohler 114)?
- What does this
response ask us to do?
Exercise: Summarize the response
Write a paragraph summarizing the
response with quotations, in-text citation, and a Work Cited Page.
Exercise: Analysis
Question for analysis: There are
similarities and differences to how Marquart and J. Mohler and D. Mohler write about the “what ifs” of guns and accidents
(112-113, 114). Closely examine the two texts and write an analysis where you
explore what each author is asking the reader to understand about the
relationship between guns and gun safety.
Exercise: Imitation
Write a poem of “what ifs”. Here is your
chance to question a big moment in your life. Could it have gone differently if
you woke up on the other side of the bed? Could it have gone differently if you
met Lu that day, if you were not black, if you were running late, or on time.
Use elements from Marquart’s poem that you admire to make your own poem
stronger.
Homework:
- Summary of Poem
- Summary of Response
- Analysis of Poem
and Response
- Imitation of Poem
About this class:
Your notebooks belong to you; you can
write first drafts in them, and make notes for yourselves. To turn in homework, revise your work in a
blue book or sheets of paper you can get from your instructor. In this class,
you are welcome to submit homework for a grade. If it’s not strong enough to
earn an A, I’ll give you some comments to help you revise it, and let you do it
over again. You have as many chances as you want to complete and perfect the
work in this class, and you are welcome to do more than one week’s worksheet
for homework at a time; ask me for sheets you’ve missed. Students who complete
15 weeks of graded assignments and a longer paper can qualify for college
credit. When you get close to completing 15 weeks, I’ll help you get started on
your longer paper.
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