Jail McDonough

Week 92: College Reading and Writing: Richard Blanco and Ladd Everitt Richard Blanco and Ladd Everitt : 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 fifth poem and response in our book today, starting on page 17. 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 : Respond to Poem Write a response to this poem. What are your first imp...

Week 91: College Reading and Writing Reginald Dwayne Betts and Samaria Rice : 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 fourth poem and response in our book today, starting on page 14. 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 form doing for the poem? 2.      Who is the speaker mad at? Who does the ...