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ENC1101--9/11 Address to the Nation by President George W. Bush. Posted on September 5, 2024. Due on September 12, 2024.


Cut and paste this speech by President Bush into a Word document, then print it out and annotate it. When annotating refer to the post on this website, "How to Analyze and Evaluate an Argument." (See the Rubrics tab at the top of the website as well as the annotating links at the bottom of this post.) 

Also, complete the "Shorter Analysis of a Text Activity": https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2019/11/analysis-of-text-shorter-version.html. Please type the Shorter Analysis Activity in MLA format as usual.

Always remember to research some biographical facts about the author. Add these findings to your notes.

Link Speech

https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/gwbush911addresstothenation.htm

How to Annotate a Text

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

Additional Ways to Take Notes 

https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2019/11/analyzing-text-paragraph-by-paragraph.html

Taking Notes if the Reading Assignment is Fiction

https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2020/01/analyzing-short-storiesfiction.html

For Ideas on How to Summarize (Useful for Fiction and Nonfiction)

https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2020/01/httplearnonpoint.html
 

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