1. Ms. Bilskemper AP Literature Why We SHOULD Mark Books (but cannot, so I will teach you how to do something else instead…)

2. Three Reasons to Mark A Book To Leave A Trail Reevaluate a reading a second or third time Summaries, graphic organizers, highlighted text, and comments To Establish Territory Finding out more about yourself Mark interesting quotations that support ideas that affect you

3. Three cont… To Learn to Write Improvement in your own writing by close readings of authors you (should) admire Patterns in part of speech, sentence variation, sound devices. Patterns emerge for different writers, and style emerges from patterns!

4. Typical Writing Agree/disagree comments Refer to a personal experience Random associations Trust your gut instinct and catch all of those allusions

5. How to Mark a Book (or, what to write in your Reading Logs) 1. Interact with the book – talk back to it. You learn more from a conversation than you do from a lecture Typical MARKS to use: ? – ask questions and be a critical reader ! - a great point or agreement or  Color code favorite sections/page numbers Graphic organizers

6. 2. Learn what the book teaches Underline/circle/highlight key words/phrases Cross reference important events Summaries Leave a trail Rereading material if you get lost, you can find where your trail may have gone astray Create a glossary Page number and short definition

7. 3. Pick up the author’s style Reflect on what you like/dislike about the book Consider tone first Look for patterns in parts of speech and devices