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Unit 1: How to Perform a Close Reading

Unit 1: How to Perform a Close Reading. Anne Kingsley, ENGL 116. Last Time. Observe (notice what stands out) Annotate (mark the page) Inquire (ask q uestions) 8 jobs article Things people found intriguing or worth marking—Life logging, un-schooling, and 3D Printing

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Unit 1: How to Perform a Close Reading

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  1. Unit 1: How to Perform a Close Reading Anne Kingsley, ENGL 116

  2. Last Time • Observe (notice what stands out) • Annotate (mark the page) • Inquire (ask questions) • 8 jobs article • Things people found intriguing or worth marking—Life logging, un-schooling, and 3D Printing • Confusing—arm chair explorer • Worth researching—3D printing • Words marked a lot—”churn” & “hack” • http://youtu.be/8_vloWVgf0o

  3. Ray Bradbury’s The Illustrated Man • Check in on comprehension (short quiz).

  4. First Observations • Exchange your write up with the person next to you (choose a partner). • What did they notice? Did you notice similar details/ideas/language/imagery? • Put an exclamation mark (!) beside a question that you think is particularly well written. State why you think it is a good question. Full class discussion to follow

  5. Close reading practice: Prologue • Take a few moments to look back over the prologue….What do you notice? What were/are your observations? • What did you mark?

  6. Prologue—observations/annotations

  7. Shifting observations/annotations into questions • Take observation/annotation • “…once well muscled…” (1). • What does it mean to be “once” well muscled? Why would the character be that way? What is the significance?

  8. Shifting observations into questions: Example 2 • (Observation & Annotation) “his face was like a child’s, set upon a massive body” • (Creating a set of questions) What does it mean for one’s face to be like a “child’s”? What is the significance of the contrast between the child’s face and the massive body? What kind of character do we imagine this person to be?

  9. Practice • Turn to page 3. Read last paragraph starting with “How can I explain…” • Observe, Annotate, & Formulate a set of questions on two of those annotations.

  10. Questions

  11. Answering questions • What does it mean to be “once” well muscled? Why would the character be that way? What is the significance? • Once well-muscled suggests that the illustrated man used to be strong/powerful in the past. The emphasis on “once”, shows that this strength has changed and now he is not as muscular. The passage of time reflects the arduous and difficult journey he has been on. If we take into account that Bradbury is writing this around the late 1940s and published in 1950, then we might also assume that World War II has just ended (1945) and that men (once muscled) are returning home from war looking for work and looking for their next path in life (especially after seeing the devastation and terror of the war). • Your Turn!

  12. In Groups—Continuing to close read • Get into 5 groups—(6-7 people per group) • As a group, select a story to perform a close reading on. • Collect your main observations & discuss important places that you have annotated/marked in the text. (GROUP DISCUSSION) • Then, take the most fascinating/interesting observation in the story and craft a set of questions around it. • Prepare to present (Short intro/summary of the story, a quick run down of what your group observed/noted, and your questions for us) • 15 minutes as a group

  13. Blog set up • Wordpress.com

  14. Homework Tuesday, Sept. 3 • Finish setting up your own blog site (come to my office hours next week if you are having difficulty) • Read: “The Long Rain,” “The Rocket Man,” “Fire Balloons,” “The Last Night of the World,” “The Exiles,” “No Particular Night or Morning,” “The Fox and the Forrest,” and “The Visitor”. (pgs. 78-208). • Observe, Annotate, & Write up a set of questions for 4 of the stories. Answer 2 of those questions in a formal response. Questions & Answers TYPED—Bring printed copy to class. Upload the write up to your blog for practice. • Read: http://www.fastcompany.com/3012521/unplug/baratunde-thurston-leaves-the-internet?utm_source=twitter(Annotate & be ready to discuss)

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