Jail McDonough

Week 40: College Reading and Writing: Brenda Hillman and Jennifer Mascia Brenda Hillman and Jennifer Mascia: 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-fifth poem and response in the book today, starting on page 87. 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 does lowercase “i” mean in this poem? 2.     Wh...

Week 39:  College Reading and Writing:  Bob Hicok and Colin Goddard 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-fourth poem and response in the book today, starting on page 84. 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 does the “you” do in this poem? 2.       What is the speaker suggesting by saying “murder is abortion”? 3.  ...