Grading Criteria
Student name and date must be on paper or word document
- Annotations must be handwritten Or can use draw tools in word
- All annotations and responses to the annotation questions must be in your own words, demonstrate your ability to correctly use and apply the module concepts, and accurately reflect the content of assignment materials.
- This is not an essay assignment. Do not include any extra material (e.g., introduction, conclusion, overly florid vocabulary, unnecessary asides) in your submissions.
- Responses may be presented in bullet point form, as incomplete thoughts, or as questions.
- You’re capturing your immediate and unpolished thoughts; you are not yet offering a polished interpretation.
AI Guidelines
For this assignment, the use of generative AI tools is notpermitted. The purpose of this task is to practice your analytic reading and annotation skills. There’s no one specific answer to the questions as they are based on your thoughts and insights.
Directions
Step If you’ve not already done so, select one of the poems here. The screenshots attached is the poems to choose out of.
Step Open Word and create a new .docx file. At the top of the document, type your name, the title of the poem, and its author.
Step Read the poem out loud. Listen for its general qualities like tone, mood, and style, then write your immediate emotional reaction to the poem on the document you created in Step . There is no correct answer here, simply record your first impressions.
Step Read the poem again, this time with a focus on identifying what you think the poem is doing in a general sense, i.e., is it telling a story, exploring an abstract idea, describing a feeling, experimenting with language, sharing thoughts, etc. Return to document from Step and record your thoughts about what you think the poem is doing with 1-2 sentences explaining why.
Step Return to the poem, read it again and thoughtfully annotated it. keeping in mind the ideas and insights you’ve already started to develop. Annotations MUST be handwritten Or you can use draw tools in word.
Step Once you’ve thoroughly annotated the poem, answer the questions on the same document you created in Step .
- Identify the poem’s tone, i.e., is it serious, funny, meditative, confessional, instructive, conversational, etc.. In your response, include the words, phrases, and/or other elements in the poem and explain how they informed your choice.
- Identify the point of view of the poem’s speaker, identify who they might be speaking to, and explain which words, phrases, or other elements from the poem lead you to your choices.
- Identify 2-3 times the poet uses figurative language (similes, metaphors, personification, allusions, hyperbole, etc.), and explain how the figurative language establishes the poem’s tone and/or reveal the poem’s purpose.
- Identify 1-2 symbols in the poem and explain what you think they signify or mean and how they relate to the poem’s meaning and/or purpose.
- Explain the title’s significance and identify what elements in the poem lead you to your conclusion.
- Return to your initial reaction to and thoughts about the poem. After spending more time with the poem, have your thoughts changed at all? Explain why or why not.
- What songs, stories, experiences, people etc. does the poem remind you of and why? There’s no correct association to identify. Be creative-think outside the box if needed. What did the poem remind you of?
- Why did you choose this poem?
- Did you enjoy the poem, and would you recommend to others? Explain your thoughts.
- Explain how the annotation process help you understand the poem better.
