Jail McDonough

Week 90: College Reading and Writing: Jimmy Santiago Baca and Antonius Wiriadjaja Jimmy Santiago Baca and Antonius Wiriadjaja : 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 second poem and response in our book today, starting on page 3. 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 is the form doing for the poem? 2.      What is the length of the

Week 89: College Reading and Writing:  Nick Arnold and Lucy McBath Nick Arnold and Lucy McBath: 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 first poem and response in our book today, starting on page 1. 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 do you think is the “normal adolescent” (Arnold 1) that Arnold mentions? 2.      Who is the speaker