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In your notebook, write about the following quote:

“You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.”

--Ayn Rand

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Poetry Memory Quiz

On your own paper, write the poem you have chosen form memory. Be as accurate as you can be with

spelling, punctuation, and structure.

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Poetry Recitation

We will begin the Poetry Recitation on Thursday, 2-13

We will start with volunteers and go until there are no volunteers… this is for extra credit… up to 25

extra credit points

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Reading the World

Chapter 8 – Reading IdeasChapter 12- Synthesizing Ideas

Chapter 13 – Incorporating Ideas

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Reading the WorldReading Ideas

Active Reading

Passive Reading

Reading texts straight through – allows for fairly simple information to be

communicated

People who read challenging texts are not necessarily

smarter; they have mastered a set of strategies

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Reading the World - Handout

Active Reading requires that the reader become actively engaged in the reading/comprehension

process

The will engage in various activities in order to fully understand the content and intent of the writing

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Reading the World

Active readers engage in the following activities:Pre-readingAnnotating

Identifying patterns Reading visual texts

Summarizing Reading with a critical eye

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Pre-reading

Who is the author of the text?What was the work’s original purpose?

What cultural factors might have influenced the work?

What are some of the author’s major concerns?What larger conversation is this text a part of?

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Annotating

In close reading, you may need to use a dictionary to help understanding terms. Especially if the text you are reading belongs to you, do the following?• Underline key points and any thesis statement

(claim statement)• Create notes in the margins that connect what

you are reading with what you are thinking

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Annotating

In close reading, you may need to use a dictionary to help understanding terms. Especially if the text you

are reading belongs to you, do the following?• Respond to the author – ask questions as you read• Avoid the temptation to underline or comment too

much – underline and note only the most important details

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Annotating

If you do not own the text, you will need to pay close attention to details: where you found the text, quotations, page numbers, etc., and you will need to record this information is a place where you can

access it: notebook, computer file, phone.

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Identifying Patterns

Chronological OrderSpatial OrderClassification

Claim/SupportProblem/Solution

Statement ResponseCause/Effect

NarrativeComparison/Contrast