NoRedInk, Membean, Novel Annotation

TODAY AT 9AM.  WE WILL QUIETLY WALK DOWN TO THE UPPER FIELD WHERE YOU WILL STAND WITH YOUR ADVISORY!

                                  

READING NOTEBOOK AND ANNOTATION STRATEGIES AND EXAMPLES

• YOU ARE LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE OF THEME AND DRAMATIC ARC (THE THINGS THAT MOVE THE STORY FORWARD.
• MOST IMPORTANT IN A NOTEBOOK - NUMBER THE PAGE YOU ARE WRITING A NOTE ABOUT.
• USE SENTENCE STARTERS
• USE SYMBOLS AND  NOT FULL SENTENCES
• LABEL WHAT YOU THINK IS EVIDENCE FOR THEME AND DRAMATIC ARC

EXAMPLES

Reading Journal Sentence Starters

Journal Sentence Starters

Sentence Starters for Reader Response Log Entries

1.     I wonder what this means... 

2.     I really don't understand this part... 

3.     I really like/dislike this idea because... 

4.     This character reminds me of somebody I know because... 

5.     This character reminds me of myself because... 

6.     This character is like (name of character) in (title of book) because ... 

7.     I think this setting is important because... 

8.     This scene reminds me of a similar scene in (title of book) because ...  

9.     I like/dislike this writing because... 

10.  This part is very realistic/unrealistic because...

11.  I think the relationship between ________and _______ is interesting because... 

12.  This section makes me think about, because... 

13.  I like/dislike (name of character) because... 

14.  This situation reminds me of a similar situation in my own life. It happened when... 

15.  The character I most admire is _________

16.  If I were (name of character) at this point, I would…

17.  This part of the story would have been better if… 

18.  I think the author should have included... 

19.  When I read, I notice... 

20.  A question I had when I read is...

21.  This section of the book made me feel... 

22.  This reminds me of______________ that has happened in my life. 

23.  I learned... 

24.  I predict_________________ will happen next... 

25.  I love the way…                 

26.  I can't believe…     

27.  I wonder why… 

28.  I noticed... 

29.  I think…

30.  If I were…

31.  I'm not sure... 

32.  So far, my favorite character is ... because... 

33.  I like the way the author ... 

34.  I don't know this word ___________ ; I think it means... 

35.  I felt sad when... 

36.  I wish that... 

37.  This made me think of... 

38.  I was surprised... 

39.  It seems like...

40.  I'm not sure…

41.  Some of the illustrations make me think ... 

42.  This story teaches… 

43.  I began to think of…

44.  The following word (or phrase) caught my eye because... 

45.  I have a question here about… 

46.  I am confused by...

47.  While I was reading I pictured…               

48.  This was realistic because…

49.  This was unrealistic because…

50.  I realize… 

51.    This part demonstrates the authors tone is__________.  I know this because… 

52.     I believe the theme of the book is __________because of….

53.     I believe the author's purpose is_________________. I  think this because of…  

54.     I began to think of…  

55.  This is a good example of figurative language

Facts About Reading

HAVE YOU SELECTED YOUR DYSTOPIAN BOOK, YET?

Photo Annotation WHAT'S THE MESSAGE

Below are some of the images we will annotate today for meaning and message!

Reminders:  

Highlight and comment

Use your symbols

Read every word

Look at any logos - they will tell you a lot

Right a statement about your idea of the message

Be prepared to explain it to the class

THINK CRITICALLY!!!!

Textural Evidence Sentence Starters

SENTENCE STRUCTURES FOR  RESEARCH-BASED PAPERS 

Th study explained how….
The information provided in the (name the source) article reports that…
Based on research conducted at (where was it conducted?)…
Current theories and research indicate that…….
According to  (what?) following information states that…..
The results indicate…….
Researchers predicted . . . .
This research or article examines ………….
Two major factors were……….
The goal was to determine whether or not …………
The data or information collected by  . . . .\
Experts (mention the expert) conclude or say

HOMEWORK ALERT

FINISH YOUR ANNOTATED ARTICLE PARAGRAPH (REMEMBER, USE EVIDENCE)

Friday Sept 22 - blocks E, F, and H
Tuesday Sept 26 - blocks B and D

DYSTOPIAN ALERT

ALERT:  We are soon to begin our

DYSTOPIAN unit.  Withing the next

week, please find a DYSTOPIAN 

NOVEL to read over the weeks. Please

work tirelessly to find a novel you haven't read 

before and one that you will enjoy reading!\

YOUR BOOK MUST BE APPROVED BY ME~~~~~~~

SOURCES:

The Library - MS and Classroom

Goodreads has loads of suggestions

Google best dystopian books and you'll find loads

E books

Audio books

You will be expected to annotate your books using a reading log/notebook.  I will show you some examples.  You will read your book looking for theme and dramatic arc.  Don't worry, we will have many lessons to prepare you for your analysis.

More About Annotation

Annotation is a conversation the reader has with the text in order to find meaning, to understand purpose, and to gain knowledge.

Color-coding with commentary (thoughts, questions responses)

Using symbols

Arrows to make connections

Drawing to visualize a thought and call your attention to the passage

Circling, underlining, squiggles, and boxes w/comments

Images, charts, and graphs also need annotation

Annotation is a necessary skill to master because you are in partnership with the text.  It is through this method you will show your learning and understanding either orally or through your writing.

NEXT STEPS

1) Today you will practice annotation informational texts by yourself.  You may find an article that you are interested in (I have a bunch of them), print it out, annotate the article, with the idea of providing a written summary of the text and what is  the writer's message - remember, use evidence from the text.

2)  Next week you will annotate a new text and write an essay about the writer's message using annotation and key opening phrases when referencing the text.

Examples of Detailed Annotation

A range of reading notebooks from donamore1

The Awesome World of Annotation

THE AWESOME WORLD OF ANNOTATION

TODAY dive into the awesome world of annotation by:

1. Understanding what it is and what it is not
2.  Looking a a few examples 
3.  Annotating an article together 

FIRST - have a look at these examples, what do you notice?

ANNOTATION - THE BEGINNING

TODAY WE WILL BEGIN LEARNING ABOUT ANNOTATION.

FIRST 

You an a partner will annotate this poem about PEACE - I will give you a hard coppy:

Peace Xviii - Poem by Khalil Gibran

The tempest calmed after bending the branches of the trees and leaning heavily upon the grain in the field. The stars appeared as broken remnants of lightning, but now silence prevailed over all, as if Nature's war had never been fought.

At that hour a young woman entered her chamber and knelt by her bed sobbing bitterly. Her heart flamed with agony but she could finally open her lips and say, "Oh Lord, bring him home safely to me. I have exhausted my tears and can offer no more, oh Lord, full of love and mercy. My patience is drained and calamity is seeking possession of my heart. Save him, oh Lord, from the iron paws of War; deliver him from such unmerciful Death, for he is weak, governed by the strong. Oh Lord, save my beloved, who is Thine own son, from the foe, who is Thy foe. Keep him from the forced pathway to Death's door; let him see me, or come and take me to him."

Quietly a young man entered. His head was wrapped in bandage soaked with escaping life.

He approached he with a greeting of tears and laughter, then took her hand and placed against it his flaming lips. And with a voice with bespoke past sorrow, and joy of union, and uncertainty of her reaction, he said, "Fear me not, for I am the object of your plea. Be glad, for Peace has carried me back safely to you, and humanity has restored what greed essayed to take from us. Be not sad, but smile, my beloved. Do not express bewilderment, for Love has power that dispels Death; charm that conquers the enemy. I am your one. Think me not a specter emerging from the House of Death to visit your Home of Beauty.

"Do not be frightened, for I am now Truth, spared from swords and fire to reveal to the people the triumph of Love over War. I am Word uttering introduction to the play of happiness and peace."

Then the young man became speechless and his tears spoke the language of the heart; and the angels of Joy hovered about that dwelling, and the two hearts restored the singleness which had been taken from them.

At dawn the two stood in the middle of the field contemplating the beauty of Nature injured by the tempest. After a deep and comforting silence, the soldier said to his sweetheart, "Look at the Darkness, giving birth to the Sun.

Happy Friday 

Today we will:

1.  Use the first 1/2 hour to review and revise ONE LAST TIME,
     your writing.  Here are the expectations:

                a. Read your work aloud.  I expect to hear the murmur of a dozen voices.
                b. Revise
                c. Have ONE MORE PERSON read your work aloud.
                 d. Revise
                 e.  THEN YOU MAY ASK ME QUESTIONS!

2.   Print out any new book covers.
3.   Rehang our posters
4.   Book Talk - our first.  Here is the protocol:

               a.  Everyone, at some point, is expected to give a talk.
               b.  The talk includes:
                         i. name of the book
                        ii  author of the book
                       iii  a brief synopsis
                       iv.  reasons why you like (or dislike) the book
                        v.  theme - what's the author's message
                        v.  would you recommend the book, and why

                      

DUE DATES FOR TURNING IN YOUR REVISED STORIES

 

DATES DUE:

BLOCKS E, F, H       THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 14

BLOCKS B, D         TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 19

Please submit your revised stories to me ON THE DUE DATE LISTED ABOVE.  

Use a google docs for your story and invite me to the page.  My school gmail address is:

 dmoreau@aisj-jhb.com

That way I can comment on your work without printing it out and using lots of paper.

For those of you that are traveling to the Hilton Arts Festival, you MUST turn in your work to me before you leave for the Festival.

WRITTEN FORMATTING

Please use the follow format when writing your stories:

FONT SIZE: 12PT
FONT STYLE: TIMES NEW ROMAN/GARAMOND

Name____both names________________________Block______

                                         Title 

(remember, all words in a title are capitalized except little words)

                      2 spaces between title and text

(double space your lines for easy editing - left justified)

  (don't forget to indent the first line in every paragraph)

       This is an example of what your written work should look

like when we see it on the page.  Double spacing helps during

the revision process because it allows for easier readability.  This

is called "white space".  Sometimes I might say to you, "You need 

more white space."  This means that I need more of the white 

paper to show so that the work is easier for me to read - it's more 

pleasant on the eyes AND it might help you to emphasize an idea

you are trying to make.

HOMEWORK BLOCS B AND D

 

BLOCKS B AND D:

Please make sure that you have input the story your wrote at the beginning of the year into your computer - A Google Doc would be great, an MS Word doc is acceptable, though you may lose your work.  A Google Doc will always save your work.

REVISION OF YOUR STORY

“Throw up into your typewriter every morning. Clean up every noon.”
― Raymond Chandler

What you need:

computer

IT'S TIME TO REVISE THE STORY YOU WROTE THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL AND SEE IF YOU CAN WORK ON EITHER YOUR GOAL OR ON YOUR SENTENCES.

Many of you have a goal to expand your ideas.  Let's brainstorm how you can expand your ideas in simple ways.  A good place to start is with the expansion of your sentences so that they provide more details to your reader.  We will go over a passage, looking how to improve the sentences below and think about how to make them more descriptive.

This is a short, unedited, first draft passage of, An Unfulfilled Life by Donna Moreau (I'll give you a hard copy to work with.

INSTRUCTIONS – with a partner

1.      Identify the types and structures of sentences.  If you do this correctly, you will notice that there are a couple of structural problems – mostly dependent clauses.

2.     What is the tone of this paragraph?  Circle the words that set the tone.

3.     What is the purpose of this section? 

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Once, when we lived in a Quonset hut in Japan, before my younger sister was born, she displayed motherly instincts.  Thousands of Quonset huts were manufactured during WWII.  They were made of corrugated, galvanized steel and could be thrown up quickly and without ceremony anywhere in the world the US military stakes residence. They look like rippled tubing, cut in half - a semi-circle of efficiency.  The Quonset hut screamed grey unlimited coldness and (were shaped like a tin can cut in half, lengthwise). Insulation was a problem and often the huts were placed on concrete slabs.  The opposite of a Hobbit house where warm fires and colorful decor created a cozy and welcoming atmosphere. Where outsides were surrounded by bright flowers, velvety moss-covered roofs set in a land kissed by a warm, cheerful sun.  They were bitterly cold in the winter, swelteringly hot in the summer and hard to make cozy, but one of them was our home in the mid-1950s at the Kuma Station, Chitose Military Base, Hokkaido, Japan.

After this lesson, you will take out your story along with your goal setting sheet, open your computer and improve your writing.

HOMEWORK

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 7 - BLOCKS E, F, AND H

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER  13 - BLOCKS B AND D

Please type the story your wrote during the first weeks of class into either a Google doc (preferred) or an MS Word document