Jail McDonough

Week 49: College Reading and Writing: Ada Limón and Caren Teves Ada Limón and Caren Teves: 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-first poem and response in the book today, starting on page 109. 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. The speaker addresses the “reader,” what is the effect (Limón 109)? 2. Who is the “she” in this poem, wh...

Week 48: College Reading and Writing: Mary Oliver Mary Oliver: 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. Why does the poem start with “[y]ou do not have to be good” (Oliver)? What’s the effect? 2. What does the speaker say about “repentance” and “despair” (Oliver)? 3. What “calls to you like the wild geese” (Oliver)? Exercise : Sum...