The OED and Critical Reading

Letters turned in.  See yesterday's thinkwrite.

I. Here's the Oxford English Dictionary.  From  now on, if I tell you that a TWFTD must come out of the OED, that's where you go for a definition and a quote.

II. Meet William Kamkwamba. Reading can change your life.

William Kamkwamba. first time at TED.

Now, William later.

His website.

III. What is critical reading? Find the answer on page 17.

Read pages 20-22 in Bedford under "Responding to Reading."

Take the handout and annotate the reading on it. Make sure this is in your daybook for the check tomorrow. Use symbols; provide a key to those symbols. Show that you are analyzing the reading, and discovering its structure.

Homework:

1. Finish annotating the handout.

2.  Have your Final Version Long Observation printed and ready to hand in, as well as all drafts and blue comment sheets.

3.  Have your daybook ready to hand in for checking. Include the observation notes.

4.  TWFTD:  annotate in OED