Annotations Assignment: Night (Sections 2,3)
Pre-AP English I/KNIGHT
Task: Using their knowledge of annotations, nonfiction elements, and the nonfiction selection Night (Sections 2, 3), by Elie Wiesel, please type a complete and thorough (detailed) annotation for each of the specific passages. Students should clearly and legibly type the annotation on a separate sheet of paper in the discussed format and then staple to the back of their outline form. If the work requires two pages, please number the pages, and staple both to the outline. FOLLOW ALL FORMATS.
Objective: Students should be able to demonstrate their knowledge of annotations, nonfiction elements, and their ability to type a complete and thorough (detailed) discussion annotation using the appropriate format. [Standards: ER2, 3 and EW 1, 2, 3, 4]
Evaluation: Students’ work will be evaluated based on the following specific areas:
Specific Ideas: To receive the maximum points in this area, students should submit an assignment that is well organized. Ideas presented in the assignment must be relevant, clear and specific. Students’ assignments should produce a feeling of cohesion (unity) that demonstrate their ability to take ideas and place them into an assignment that has a clear beginning, middle, and end. YOU MUST IDENTIFY THE MAIN IDEA!!!!
Attention given to each image in the passage: To receive the maximum points in this area, students should discuss each image presented in the passage. Overlooking relevant images will result in a lesser grade.
Connecting Comments: To receive the maximum points in this area, students’ assignments should demonstrate that they are able to not only connect the image to the passage, but also to the story. Connections should be logical and supported with evidence pulled from the nonfiction selection.
Evidence of Time Spent: To receive the maximum points in this area, students’ assignments should clearly indicate that a sufficient amount of time, effort and thought was put into it. Assignments should reflect a serious study of the passages, and should not reflect a rushed completion of work.
Typesetting: To receive maximum points in this area, the students’ assignments should be written per the discussed standards. The entire passage should be typed first in a clear and legible single space format. Then the annotation should be typed in a clear and legible double space format beneath it (see model below). Students must use 11 point Times New Roman font. The following heading for the assignment should be included at the top of the paper: ANNOTATIONS FOR A FEW PASSAGES FROM NIGHT (SECTIONS 2,3)
Model:
Page 50, First Column, First Paragraph: I ran swiftly to the television to watch the first landing of a man on the moon. Watching this gave me such a thrill. However, when I thought of my grandfather, I felt a sudden sense of outrage. He was the best astronaut in NASA’s program; how could they have passed him up? I remember the first time he told me about his interest in space; it was the summer of 1953.
Annotation: Point of View, Narration, Rhetorical Question, Flashback, Subjective Perspective: The narrator is speaking in the first person point of view when he says “I ran swiftly…” He is using this form of point of view so that he can offer a first hand account of the experience. In addition, the author seems to be using a flashback when he says “I remember…”. This is used as a means to revisit and narrate some past event that had some significant effect on him. When the narrator says “He was the best astronaut…” he is using subjective perspective. This assumption could be based on more emotion than logic, considering that his grandfather was perhaps one of several good astronauts. Also, the narrator includes a rhetorical question when he asks ‘how could they have passed him up...’ This is used to initiate some type of thought, perhaps to question the true intentions of NASA.
Passages: Students should annotate the following passages:
BANTAM EDITION
1. Page 21, Fourth Paragraph: “We still...might be worse.”
2. Page 22, Sixth Paragraph: “It was as though...the depths of her being.”
3. Page 24, Last Paragraph: “The barometer...thanks to God.”
4. Page 27, First Paragraph: “The cherished...our illusions.”
5. Page 32, First Paragraph: “Never shall I forget that night...a silent blue sky.”
6. Page 36, Third Paragraph: “Remember this...in your hands.”
7. Page 39, Seventh Paragraph: “In the afternoon...no other name.”
***TYPE THE WHOLE PASSAGE***
ALTERNATE EDITION (THIS IS ONLY FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT)
1. Page 23, Third paragraph: "there was still...could be worse yet."
2. Page 25, Fourteenth Paragraph: "It was as though...some evil spirit."
3. Page 27, Fifth Paragraph: "Confidence soared...thanks to God."
4. Page 29, First Paragraph: "The beloved objects...our illusions."
5. Page 34, Fourth Paragraph: "Never shall I forget that night...under a silent sky."
6. Page 38, Eighth Paragraph: "remember he went on...the choice is yours."
7. Page 42, Sixth Paragraph: "In the afternoon...no other name."
***TYPE THE WHOLE PASSAGE***
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NOTE TO STUDENTS: This, as well as the previously mentioned items, is what I will be looking for:
1. Evidence that you have READ the EVALUATION GUIDELINES that were given on this rubric. Following directions on this and all assignments is vital.
2. You must have at least 8-10 sentences in your subjective analysis of the assigned passage. This does not include the passage from the text.
3. Your subjective analysis must be your own thoughts…not a retelling of what happened in the passage. You must be able to write an analysis that clearly analyzes how and why the author used certain literary devices in the assigned passage.
4. Your work should offer the notion that you seriously read the passages and chose to write a serious analysis. If you offer a poorly written, poorly thought-out analysis, your grade will show evidence of your choice.
5. There are more prose literary devices in addition to plot, character, setting, conflict, and character; the RHETORICAL devices presented in the model are not to be taken literally. Failing to identify key devices/images will result in a loss of points.
6. HONOR CODE, HONOR CODE, HONOR CODE!!!
7. Please number your passages for easy reference.
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