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Ms. Bilskemper AP Literature Why We SHOULD Mark Books (but cannot, so I will teach you how to do something else instead…)

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Page 1: Ms. Bilskemper AP Literature Why We SHOULD Mark Books (but cannot, so I will teach you how to do something else instead…)

Ms. BilskemperAP Literature

Why We SHOULD Mark Books (but cannot, so I will teach you how to

do something else instead…)

Page 2: Ms. Bilskemper AP Literature Why We SHOULD Mark Books (but cannot, so I will teach you how to do something else instead…)

Three Reasons to Mark A BookTo Leave A Trail

Reevaluate a reading a second or third time

Summaries, graphic organizers, highlighted text, and comments

To Establish TerritoryFinding out more about yourselfMark interesting quotations that support ideas that affect you

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Three cont…To Learn to Write

Improvement in your own writing by close readings of authors you (should) admire

Patterns in part of speech, sentence variation, sound devices.

Patterns emerge for different writers, and style emerges from patterns!

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Typical WritingAgree/disagree commentsRefer to a personal experienceRandom associations

Trust your gut instinct and catch all of those allusions

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How to Mark a Book (or, what to write in your Reading Logs)1. Interact with the book – talk back to it.

You learn more from a conversation than you do from a lecture

Typical MARKS to use:? – ask questions and be a critical reader! - a great point or agreement or Color code favorite sections/page numbers

Graphic organizers

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2. Learn what the book teachesUnderline/circle/highlight key

words/phrasesCross reference important eventsSummariesLeave a trail

Rereading material if you get lost, you can find where your trail may have gone astray

Create a glossaryPage number and short definition

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3. Pick up the author’s style Reflect on what you like/dislike

about the bookConsider tone firstLook for patterns in parts of speech and devices