- A notebook for annotation and drafting, on paper.
- Sticky notes or a highlighter you are willing to use sparingly.
- Two pens.
- The current text — the play, the novel, or the printed story.
- Your school device on the days the class page says so.
- A book of your own for the reading periods. Not optional at this level either.
Copy that into your notebook — the boxes here are printed, not clickable.
Why annotation happens on paper
Because the marks are the record of your thinking, and you will need them in a seminar with the book open and no time to search. Digital annotation is fine if the text is digital, but the habit is the same: Close Reading explains it, and the marks are assessed in The Seminar.
The book of your own
Twenty minutes of most Fridays is reading time with a book you chose. If you do not have one, the library and one conversation with me will fix it this week.
Curriculum connection
B1.1
read a variety of student- and teacher-selected texts from diverse cultures and historical periods, identifying specific purposes for reading (e.g., compare the diction and imagery used in a contemporary poem and a poem on the same theme from a different historical period; develop a character sketch based on a brief biography of a historical figure they admire to prepare for a short role-play presentation; use an electronic database to locate information from various sources about religious or cultural practices of an ethnic group different from their own)
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