Task One: Annotate a Text
Overview
After teaching a basic lesson on annotation, students will annotate the poem "Marginalia." This humorous work, by the author Billy Collins, is itself about the act of annotation and requires students to look at the dialogue between a reader and a text.
After teaching a basic lesson on annotation, students will annotate the poem "Marginalia." This humorous work, by the author Billy Collins, is itself about the act of annotation and requires students to look at the dialogue between a reader and a text.
Texts to Use
NOTE: Teachers should select poems from the list below that are appropriate for the level and interests of their classes.
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Common Core State Standards
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Annotation Lesson Procedure
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Lesson Procedure
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Lecture Points
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Lecture: Annotation
Why is it important to mark a book as you read it?
What should you mark down?
Mark (Q) for Questions
Mark (C) for Connections
Mark (P) for Predictions
Mark (SR) for Strong Reactions
Mark (R) for Reflections
Mark (IT) for Important Things
Mark (J) for Judgment
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Followup: After Annotation
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Small-Group Procedure
After the students are finished annotating the text, have them work together in groups to compare notes (literally). Students should ask each other the following questions:
Whole-Class Discussion Procedure Discuss some of these answers in class, asking students what they wrote down. Students can turn in the annotated passage as a formative assessment. |
Next Step: Move on to Task Two: Differentiating Between Abstract and Concrete Ideas