1. Annotation
 Questions:
1. What does it mean to annotate?
2. How do you annotate?

2. Today’s Class
 Silent reading
 Good News
 Annotation of text with “The Machinery of
Pride”
 Turning annotations into questions
 The “Harkness” discussion method
 Implementing Harkness discussion
 HW:

3. Annotations into Questions
 Directions:
1. Decide what the overall piece of writing is about.

4. Annotations into Questions
 Directions:
1. Decide what the overall piece of writing is about.
2. Look at your annotations and turn 3-5 (or more) into
questions that connect to your answer to question
#1.

5. Annotations into Questions
 Directions:
1. Decide what the overall piece of writing is about.
2. Look at your annotations and turn 3-5 (or more) into
questions that connect to your answer to question
#1.
Example:
1. The piece of writing is about SACRIFICE.
2. The author mentions the feeling of shame in the
first, second and third paragraphs. Why is that?
I don’t understand what he means by the
statement, “Our poverty was not a pretty color on
her.” What color? I’m confused.

6. Today’s Class
 Silent reading
 Good News
 Annotation of text with “The Machinery of
Pride”
 Turning annotations into questions
 The “Harkness” discussion method
 Implementing Harkness discussion
 Definitions of Literary elements
 HW: