Sunday, March 4, 2012
Synthesis of Course Material #4
One thing that has been a huge part of this class and its work outside of the classroom is annotating and close readings. For every book or play we have read in class, we have to annotate and reread the piece again. This is something that was rather new to me, but helpful to get practice in because I'm sure this will be something I will have to do in future classes. The second time through reading, once we have discussed some ideas as a class, it is so much easier to find deeper meanings behind sentences and speeches given by the characters. I can look for DIDLS examples in the text, and themes as well. We were told to stop and ask questions as we go through a close read, and to question the way you feel as you are reading along. Why am I bored? Why am I angry? We learned to make notes on this, and really get into the conversations between characters. I have also found myself connecting events in the novels to events from my life. Annotations and Close Readings are some skills that I have found to be a large part of this course.
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Hey Kelly. I think you bring up a great point by noting that the books we've read have really helped to contribute to our understanding of literature as a whole. I think, however, that you could have strengthened your synthesis a bit by providing details about specifically what we read and exactly how that has helped you.
ReplyDeleteThis would be easier to understand if you had used literary terminology. For example, instead of "conversations between characters", you could write "dialogue".
ReplyDeleteOverall, I think it is a very complete post.