1. Daily Reading Annotations

2. For every class period we are reading in class…
We will be completing Annotations focusing on the varying themes in the text.
3 required per class
Checked at the end of the week
For each quote you pick, you will need to complete the following
Quote WITH page number
Context of Quote
Significance of Quote
Annotations I cannot read will not be counted.

3. Theme Possibilities Quote-Context-Analysis
Struggling to survive extinction in order for life to reemerge
Living a good and altruistic life despite the harshness of the world
Intentionally withholding information to shelter and protect
Mans attempt to overcome nature’s obstacles
The sacrificial demands of a father’s love

4. Annotations Exemplar What is wrong with the below annotation?
“He took the can and sipped it and handed it back. You drink it, he said. Let’s just sit here.” (23)
Living a good and altruistic life despite the harshness of the world
They found a coke can and drank it because there wasn’t any coke anymore.

5. Annotation Class Exemplar
How can we improve the previous annotation?
“He took the can and sipped it and handed it back. You drink it, he said. Let’s just sit here.” (23)
Context: Man found a can of coke in a supermarket…boy never had it before…wants to share with the dad.
Explanation: In the apocalypse, everything’s destroyed and gone, They’ll never have this again…the man wants to have a normal moment with his son away from death.

6. Theme Possibilities Quote-Context-Analysis
Themes
Literary Devices
Living a good and altruistic life despite the harshness of the world
Intentionally withholding information to shelter and protect
The sacrificial demands of a father’s love
Symbolism/Metaphor
Characterization
Tone (attitude of words)/Mood (feelings of reader) B3