1. Read and annotate Joyce Carol Oates’ Where are you Going, Where have you Been? Review the annotating expectations below. Focus your annotations on thematic observations. I am very interested in what you annotate and why you annotated it!
*Note: If you were absent the day a handout was distributed, it is your responsibility to print a copy (click the link above) or see me for one before class.
*Annotation expectations: You are expected to annotate as or after you read each night. This is mandatory. You will learn how to provide some focus to your annotations. Ultimately, focused annotating prepares you for your reading responses, your formal essays, and class discussions. To annotate is to supply with critical or explanatory notes:
- Identifying lines that resonate with you, confuse you, or make you want to know more
- Asking questions of general thematic/philosophical value
- Tracking the development of a theme that may connect to one or more of the philosophical readings or other fiction
- Identifying and defining new vocab
** Merely underlining or highlighting the text will earn you a D, at best.
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