Jail McDonough

Week 53: College Reading and Writing: Krysten Hill Krysten Hill: 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 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 role of potted plants in this poem? 2. What is the importance of ritual? 3. How does this poem “heal” (Hill)? Exercise: Summarize the poem Write a paragraph summarizing the poem with quotations, in-tex...

Week 52: College Reading and Writing: Rosie Schaap Rosie Schaap: 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 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 role of “indelicacy” in this poem (Schaap)? 2. What is the importance of “naming” (Schaap)? 3. How is humor used? Exercise: Summarize the poem Write a paragraph summarizing the poem with quotations, in-tex...