Jail McDonough

Week 66: College Reading and Writing: Wayne Miller and Lee Keylock Annotating, Summarizing, Imitating, Analyzing, Synthesizing to annotate: to make notes on something to help you understand it better to summarize: to put something in your own words to imitate: to create an original piece of writing based on something you have read to analyze: to consider a question on the text, providing supporting examples from the text to synthesize: to connect two or more texts in your own writing We are on page 119 of the book today. 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 sentences into your own words in notes in the margins or in your notebook Exercise : Questions for Comprehension of the poem 1. What happened to the speaker? 2. Why do you think the speaker includes counterattack strategies?

Week 65: College Reading and Writing: Blas Falconer     Blas Falconer: 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      Exercise: Read and annotate       1. Read the poem 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 repetition work in this poem? 2. What do you think the speaker is feeling? 3. Why do you think the speaker ends the poem with counting?    Exercise: Summarize the poem