PPT-Annotating Puritan Poetry

Understanding Poetry Meditation 4 by Philip Pain This World a Sea of trouble is and Man Is swimming through this vast wide Ocean The billows beat the waves are angry and Tis seldom that he spies a helping hand. Annotations make it easy to find important information quickly when you look back and review a text They help you familiarize yourself with both the content and organization of what you read They provide a way to begin engaging ideas and issues dire Colonial New England. I. Intro Stuff: . A. Can We Agree . . . . ? . B. Nonetheless, Puritans did NOT Agree with us. They believed in a corporeal Satan who walked the earth and thus he may have had minions/witches to do his bidding. . Beyond the Yellow Highlighter. annotate: . verb . [-. tating. , -. tated. ] to add critical or explanatory notes to a written work.. Annotating . is a writing-to-learn strategy to use while reading and rereading. . A NEW NATION. “In establishing American independence the pen and the press had merit equal to that of the sword.”. . -. The History of the American Revolution (1789). 18. th. century = The enlightenment. Born 1612, died 1672. First poet and female writer published in British American Colonies. Grew up in a cultured and well-educated English household (extremely well-educated for her time, especially for a woman). Annotating simply means marking the page as you read with comments and/or notes. WHY???. Increases Understanding. Important items easily located. Key ideas . Evidence/Proof. Your reactions. Annotating May Include. The purpose . of annotating is to have an . easier time with the post-reading task. , such as writing, discussion, debate, or learning new content.. Before annotating. , ask yourself: . Why are we reading this document? (the purpose). Audio Retrieval. David Kauchak. cs458. Fall . 2012. Thanks to Doug Turnbull for some of the slides. Administrative. Assignment 4 . part 1 due Tuesday. Final project instructions out soon…. I’ll send an e-mail. Hope Greenberg, Center for Teaching and Learning. Agenda. Why annotate?. Analyzing samples. The tools for annotating. Be aware. …. Let’s do it. Should students annotate? . Beyond PDFs. Analyzing. Poetry is using words in a way that helps us see, feel, and hear them. Poetry bounces off your tongue, tickles your ears, and makes you think. Poetry usually has a rhythm or flow. There are many types of poetry and many types of poetic devices, or tools, that poets use. Poetry is not prose. Prose is the ordinary language people use in speaking or writing.. Poetry is a form of literary expression that captures intense experiences or creative perceptions of the world in a musical language.. ―. A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom. . – . Robert Frost . ―…the best words in the best . order. . – . Samuel Taylor Coleridge . ―Poetry is the most direct and simple means of expressing . Please have your group’s collage on your table.. I am allowing ten minutes to go about the room and share the collages in preparation for tomorrow.. Then I’m taking up the collages.. Theme Collages . Puritan Meditation. Meditation for the Puritans was central to all the means of grace or what we might call spiritual disciplines. Meditation enhanced and “improved” public worship, sermons, Bible study, baptism, the Lord’s Supper, prayer,...