Read this comedic story by Edgar Allan Poe, who is most known for his tales of horror. Click on the link.
https://poestories.com/read/spectacles
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 separate 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 you must staple the Important Reading Questions checklist to that assignment (filled out accurately). You will automatically lose five points if you do not staple this checklist. See Canvas for directions about this checklist.
You have the option of printing out the story and annotating it. Then upload a picture of the annotated text to your laptop computer.
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
