Jail McDonough

Week 56: College Reading and Writing: Katie Peterson Katie Peterson: 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. What is the role of “he” and “she” in this poem? 2. What is described and what is not? 3. Who is the speaker in this poem? Why is it important? Exercise: Summarize the poem Write a paragraph summarizing the poem with quota...

I was thinking of excerpting this or giving it as a handout for students who are ready to write a longer paper. . . https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/08/magazine/cities-fine-poor-jail.html and including some resources like this: https://bailproject.org/ https://www.aclu.org/issues/racial-justice/race-and-criminal-justice/debtors-prisons

Week 55: College Reading and Writing: Lillian-Yvonne Bertram Lillian-Yvonne Bertram: 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. What is the role of zombies in this poem? 2. What is the relationship between the government and the military? 3. Who is the speaker in this poem? Why is it important? Exercise: Summarize the poem Write a p...