1. Quickly have a seat OUTSIDE of the circle and take out a PENCIL
3/22/16
Quickly have a seat OUTSIDE of the circle and take out a PENCIL

2. Journal 11/29
What are the 3 foundational annotation skills we practiced before the break?

3. Annotation is a note of any form made while reading text.
“Reading with a pencil.”

4. Annotation is not highlighting.

5. Foundational Annotation Skills
Underline the major points.
Circle keywords or phrases that are confusing or unknown to you.
Write margin notes restating the author’s ideas.

6. 9th Grade English

8. Annotate “At a Window” Underline the major points.
Circle keywords or phrases that are confusing or unknown to you.
Write margin notes restating the author’s ideas.

9. Who is the speaker of the poem?
What does the text say? Key Details
Who is the speaker of the poem?
Facilitator: this question doesn’t require a table discussion, as adults quickly arrive at this answer. You can use this as an example of a literal level question.

10. What does the speaker want?
What does the text say? Key Details
Facilitator: this question doesn’t require a table discussion, as adults quickly arrive at this answer. You can use this as an example of a literal level question.
What does the speaker want?

11. Who is the speaker addressing?
What does the text say? Key Details
Facilitator: this question doesn’t require a table discussion, as adults quickly arrive at this answer. You can use this as an example of a literal level question.
Who is the speaker addressing?

12. What is the speaker willing to sacrifice to get what he/she wants?
What does the text say? Key Details
Facilitator: this question doesn’t require a table discussion, as adults quickly arrive at this answer. You can use this as an example of a literal level question.
What is the speaker willing to sacrifice to get what he/she wants?

13. How important is love to the speaker? How do you know?
What does the text say? Key Details
How important is love to the speaker? How do you know?
Facilitator: this question doesn’t require a table discussion, as adults quickly arrive at this answer. You can use this as an example of a literal level question.

14. What words or phrases does the author use to create imagery?
How does the text work?
Facilitator: Water is used to symbolize life. Fresh water symbolizes good health, while muddy water symbolizes death or bad times. Rivers are often used to symbolize change and the passage of time.
What words or phrases does the author use to create imagery?

15. What is the significance of the author repeating the words, “Give me…”
How does the text work?
What is the significance of the author repeating the words, “Give me…”
Facilitator: The use of the word “THE” speaks of the whole of the people, not just an individual. Hughes is reminding us that African-Americans draw strength from their history and the span of their influence and presence across the world.

16. What does the window symbolize?
How does the text work?
Facilitator: deep, continuous, mysterious.
What does the window symbolize?

17. What words does the author use to convey a sense of longing?
How does the text work?
Facilitator: Both rivers and veins have many branches that form a web or network, especially as they connect to other rivers or veins. Symbolically, both symbolize movement, and are necessary for life. If either a vein or a river stopped, death would soon occur. [PHOTO]: The Mississippi River delta, as imaged by Japan’s Advanced Land Observing Satellite.
What words does the author use to convey a sense of longing?

18. What is the overall tone of the poem?
How does the text work?
Facilitator: the time period extends from approximately 3000 BC to the late 19th century.
What is the overall tone of the poem?

19. What is the theme of the poem?
What does the text mean? Inferences
Facilitator: Hughes is contemplating the African-American’s experiences from enslavement (muddy) to hard-fought freedoms (golden). While he realizes there is still much to be done (this was written in 1921, decades before civil rights legislation), he is hopeful that there are some signs of improvement. However, the river remains muddy below its golden surface, suggesting there is still much to be done.
What is the theme of the poem?

20. What does the text mean? Inferences
Facilitator: Hughes is tracing an arc of history to demonstrate their resilience, strength, and tenacity throughout the millennia. He is also tracing the rise and fall of other civilizations (the Egyptian empire, the Roman empire) to show that his people endure.
How is the speaker currently feeling?

21. What does the text mean? Inferences
How would the poem be affected if instead of going to a window, the speaker went to a door?
Facilitator: Hughes is tracing an arc of history to demonstrate their resilience, strength, and tenacity throughout the millennia. He is also tracing the rise and fall of other civilizations (the Egyptian empire, the Roman empire) to show that his people endure.

22. Complete a prewrite for the following prompt:
Write an essay explaining how actions can be more powerful than words.