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English I Honors A Raisin in the Sun Annotation Journal

Making Annotations: A User’s Guide As you work with your text, consider all of the ways that you can connect with what you are reading. Here are some suggestions that will help you with your annotations:

Define words or slang; make the words real with examples from your experiences; explore why the author would have used a particular word or phrase.

Text to World – How does this relate to something else in my life – family, community, etc.? Text to Self – How does this relate to me?

Make connections to other parts of the book. Feel free to use direct quotes from the book. Make connections to other texts you have read or seen, including:

Movies Comic books/graphic novels News events Other books, stories, plays, songs, or poems

Draw a picture when a visual connection is appropriate. Re-write, paraphrase, or summarize a particularly difficult passage or moment. Describe a new perspective you may now have. Explain the historical context or traditions/social customs that are used in the passage. Point out and discuss literary techniques that the author is using. Ask questions

About the characters About the plot and how the author will unfold the narrative to you About information you don’t understand

Make inferences Writers often give you hints or clues that help you “read between the lines”

Evaluate and Judge What is the author’s thematic purpose? What is the main idea? What do you agree or disagree with? What ideas of yours had the work changed or confirmed?

Important Moments to Annotate Contrasts and Contradictions

When the character or plot does something unexpected

Aha Moments When the character realizes or understands something

Tough Questions When the character pauses to ask himself or a friend a tough question

Words of the Wiser When a wise character shares his understanding or advice

Again and Again When you see repetition in a story

Memory Moment When a character shares a moment of the past

Act 1 Scene 1 – Make 15 annotations for this scene. Five must be from the beginning, five from the middle, and five from the end.


Page # Beginning of Quote(at least five words)

Annotation

Pg 23 “That was a long timeago”

The Younger family’s furniture is old and worn but well cared for. They take pride in their home even though they are too poor to buy new things.


Act 1 Scene 1Page # Beginning of Quote

(at least five words)Annotation


ACT I – Scene I pgs 23-53

Do you have an annotation for? Ruth and Walter’s relationship The difference between Ruth and Travis and Walter and

Travis’s relationship The eggs Beneatha, medical school, and how other family members feel

about it Where the money is coming from How Mama and Ruth feel about Beneatha’s lessons How the women of the house feel about George God The plant Ruth at the end of the scene


Annotation


Now look at the scene as a whole. Using complete sentences, analyze the following literary elements of the play:

Theme (what are the emerging themes and how do you see them in the play):

Characterization of Walter Lee, Ruth, Mama, and/or Beneatha (what are you learning about the characters’ personalities):

Conflict (what are the conflicts and why are they important for theme or characterization):

Tone (what is the tone and why is it significant):




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Act 1 Scene 2

ACT I – Scene II pg 54-75

Do you have an annotation for? Beneatha and Asagai’s relationship Assimilation Alaiyo Ruth’s doctor appointment Mama’s dream Walter’s dream Walter’s frustration Walter’s disgrace What Ruth is considering doing

Now look at the scene as a whole. Using complete sentences, analyze the following literary elements of the play. You may consider how these elements exist in this scene and/or how they are changing in the play:


Annotation



Characterization of Walter Lee, Ruth, Mama, and Beneatha (what are you learning about the characters’ personalities):






Annotation





Act 2 Scene 1

ACT II – Scene I pg 77-95

Do you have an annotation for? Beneatha’s outfit Walter and Beneatha’s relationship Assimilationist George’s reaction to Beneatha Walter’s reaction of George Walter and Ruth’s relationship Mama’s purchase The family’s individual reaction to the purchase The problem with Clyborne park



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Act 2 Scene 2 and Act 2 Scene 3– Make 15 annotations (TOTAL) for Act 2 Scene 2 and Act 2 Scene 3. Five must be from the beginning, five from the middle, and five from the end.


Annotation


Act 2 Scene 2 and Act 2 Scene 3


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Act 2 Scene 2 and Act 2 Scene 3


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ACT II – Scene II pg 96-109

Do you have an annotation for? Beneatha and George’s relationship Mrs. Johnson The newspaper Walter’s job Mama and Walter Travis’s dream Walter’s reaction to Travis

ACT II – Scene III pg 110-130

Do you have an annotation for? Ruth and Walter’s relationship Karl Lindner’s visit The Clybourne Park community Mama’s presents Bobo’s news








Act 3 - Make 15 annotations for this act. Five must be from the beginning, five from the middle, and five from the end.


Annotation


Act 3


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Act 3

Do you have an annotation for? “Life is a Circle” Idealists and Realists Beneatha and Asagai “He’s no brother of mine” Walter’s solution Mr. Linder and Walter Manhood End of the play

Now look at the scene and the play as a whole. Using complete sentences, analyze the following literary elements of the play. You may consider how these elements exist in this scene and/or how they changed over the course of the play:


Annotation


Theme (How did Hansberry develop theme over the entire play?):

Characterization of Walter Lee, Ruth, Mama, and/or Beneatha (How have the characters changed or stayed the same in the play? What new insights are revealed in the final Act?):

Conflict (What are the central conflicts of the play and why are they important for theme or characterization?):

Tone (What tone does the play end on? Why?):

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