Why do we annotate a text?
Ideas for annotations
• observations about what is being said or done
• what you are reminded of (people, feelings, places, moods)
• questions you have
• ideas that occur to you
• things that you agree or disagree with
• any connections you are making
• summary comments
• vocabulary you need to look up (and the definitions after you look it up)
• identify themes being developed
• any literary devices being used (metaphor, irony, imagery, et. al.)
• things you find beautiful or striking or interesting or profound: stuff you want to return to think about later.
Don’t get lost in feeling like you have to annotate everything! Enjoy the story! With Vonnegut, you may want to read an entire chapter before you make a comment. Always mark words that you don’t know the meaning, either to look them up that moment or later. Try to infer the definition from the context first! Mark questions and things you don’t understand so that later you may get an answer! Use sticky notes or if you prefer to annotate on a separate sheet of paper, so be it.
Discuss chapters 7-23. Generate Vocabulary List.
Homework: Read and annotate Chapters 24-34.
