Name: _________________________ | Period: _____ | Date: ____________ | Mrs. Hawkins
English Language Arts
Criteria
Annotating
the Text
Exceeds Standard - 4
or 5
Student marks up the text
effectively by summarizing
the most relevant
information and making
connections to the task,
and generating (DOK
Levels 3-4) questions..
Meets Standard - 3
Developing - 2
Student marks up parts of
the text effectively, making
some summaries,
inferences, connections,
and creating (DOK Levels
2-3) questions, but misses
some relevant evidence.
Student only marks up
certain sections of the
document; they either
don’t mark up the task or
there are no relevant
notes. Questions are
minimal (DOK Level 1) or
non-existent.
Underdeveloped - 1
Incomplete - 0
Student minimally
marks up the text by
either underlining very
little information, or
none at all. No
questions are noted.
Group Annotations!: Read through Book 6 of The Odyssey, select an annotation
strategy below among your group members and be sure to fill in their thoughts as well
after you have discussed. Place any additional notes or considerations you deem
important for further discussion in the subsequent box.
Highlight your Annotation Strategy
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Student # 1 - Ask Questions (Create
a DOK 3 question to guide your
group’s thinking and gather possible
responses).
Jot your answer below!
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Did the nymph bring any happiness
to Odysseus, how did she provide it
if at all?
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Perhaps the red veil means a sign
of helping, or someone helpful is
about to enter the characters life in
which this is important because
Odysseus almost lost his life and
two characters with a red veil
helped him
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This is different from how family
dynamics have been portrayed in
most other books/texts we’ve read.
Especially Falling Leaves where
there was such an unhealthy family
dynamic within themselves. But in
these chapters it is portrayed
outwards. In things they can
control, like the suitors.
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The main character had a lot of
strength, specifically emotionally.
Hearing of the hardships his father
has had to go through always in
Student # 2 - Identify moments of
symbolism and/or allegory and explain
their significance.
Student # 3 -Make a
Text-to-Text/World/Self Connection
(“This reminds me of ___.” “This is
different from ___.”)
Student # 4 - What attributes of
heroism are noticed thus far? How
does this impact any emerging
central idea.?
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fear that he will find out that he has
passed.
Additional Notes/Considerations/Wonderings
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