Print out and annotate the following story by Toni Cade Bambara. Highlight important sentences. If there is not enough room for annotations on the printout, write or type notes. Focus on how different types of literary rhetoric (organization of plot, details, characterization, dialogue, imagery, mood/tone, shifts, setting, figurative language, connotations of diction, etc.) support a theme. Indicate page numbers, paragraph numbers, line numbers, as appropriate. You might refer to the "Shorter Analysis Activity" for ideas: https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2019/11/analysis-of-text-shorter-version.html
https://www.cengage.com/custom/static_content/OLC/s76656_76218lf/bambara.pdf
If you are unable to print the text, please read it on an electronic device. Make sure you have copious notes in your binder (indicate page numbers, paragraphs, line numbers) when referring to different sections. Of course, it is preferable to have a printed copy of the text.
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How to Annotate a Text
See these links:
http://schoolhabits.com/annotate-text-reading/
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2014/01/english-i-how-to-take-notes-on-fiction.html#more
https://prezi.com/ctwiszjrqb7h/why-how-to-annotate-a-text/
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/rwc/handouts/the-writing-process-1/invention/Annotating-a-Text
