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English III--"To Build a Fire" Assignment. Posted on February 29. Due on March 15, 2024. Do not forget to do the assignments on the handout that was distributed in class on February 29 or March 1. Directions and due dates for these other readings are on the handout.


This text is in the electronic textbook (Unit 5).

Read the text. Then do the following:

Read and annotate the text and complete the usual assignment of a printed-out Word document for important reading questions (Canvas) and answers (with a vocabulary section). You should also, as usual, have a Word document for the annotations. (Electronic documents on your computer and printed-out documents in your binder for both the Important Reading Questions and the Annotations). These could be collected anytime during the semester. If you do not have an assignment when I ask for it, you earn a grade of zero. Please note that with the Important Reading Questions assignment, you must staple a checklist to the front of the assignment. You will automatically lose five points if you do not staple this checklist. See Canvas for directions about this checklist (below the assignment).

You also have the option of printing out the PDF and annotating it. Then take a picture of the annotated text and upload it to your laptop.

PDF: https://americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/resource_files/to-build-a-fire.pdf

It is always helpful to research some biographical facts about the author. (Use Google.)

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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