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English III--"The Lowest Animal" (Unit 5 in Textbook)


Due Monday, November 8, 2021

FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT AND ALL FUTURE READING ASSIGNMENTS, YOU MUST TYPE YOUR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS IN AN MLA-FORMATTED WORD DOCUMENT.

IN ADDITION, YOU MUST TYPE YOUR ANNOTATIONS IN AN MLA-FORMATTED DOCUMENT. FOR THE ANNOTATIONS, INDICATE THE PARAGRAPH YOU ARE REFERRING TO BY THE FIRST FEW WORDS. FOR EXAMPLE: "In proceeding toward . . ." followed by your annotated note. I COULD ASK YOU TO UPLOAD ANY OF THIS WORK ON THE DAY IT IS DUE OR ANY DAY THEREAFTER. THANK YOU.

Read, annotate (at least 12 annotations), and create the nine important reading questions (see Canvas) with answers for "The Lowest Animal."  Be sure your annotations are elaborative and substantive. Look up and memorize all words you do not know. Write the definitions down.

Also, be sure the responses to the questions you create have textual support (quotes).

You can find this reading selection in the electronic textbook, Unit 5.

If you annotate in the textbook, as always, be sure to copy and paste all your annotations into a Word document as a backup. Also indicate in the Word document which paragraph (with page number), each annotation refers to.

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