Jail McDonough

                                      Leanne Howe and Amanda Gailey : 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 twenty-sixth poem and response in the book today, starting on page 93. 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 in conversation in this poem? 2. What does history teach the reader in this poem? 3. What is the importance of the

Jane Hirshfield   and Chris Murphy : 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 twenty-sixth poem and response in the book today, starting on page 91. 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 are “those who cannot act”? 2. Is there a difference between those who can act and those who cannot act, in the poem? 3. What is the effect of the poem