English 10 Honors--Directions for Close Reading/Annotating of "The Masque..."

Follow these steps in preparation for class next Wednesday (10/31):

1. Distinguish between an initial purposeful reading and a true "reading literature like a champ!" reading via the following link: 

• http://writingcenter.fas.harvard.edu/pages/how-do-close-reading

2. Familiarize yourself with the "'Reading Literature Like a Champ!' Framework" via the following document:

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-Na43ZHOS3SMIdlIUDXKM13111eWwSzSYUz5ku0N2XY/edit?usp=sharing

3.  Take a look at the photo below, which captures some of our initial impressions of, thoughts related to, interpretations of, etc. Poe's story:

4.  Take a look at the photo below, which captures a reader's attempt to read the first paragraph of Poe's story "like a champ!":

5.  Closely read/annotate your assigned section of “The Masque…”  (In other words, "attack" it "like a champ!")

• "But the Prince..." (78) - "...were the casements" (79).
• Castrovinci, Charlebois, DeMartinis, and Romanowski
• "The fourth was..." (79) - "...meditation as before" (80).
• Kress, Mahnke, Ray, and Wagner
• "But, in spite..." (80) - "...the other apartments" (82).
• Bailey, Cole, Ebersold, Gifford, and Henderson-Schultz
• "But these other..." (82) - "...nor propriety existed" (82).
• Genthner, Krebbeks, Neckers, and Tewksbury
• "The figure was..." (82) - "...of his hand" (83).
• Matzek, Nichols, Parker, and Sexton
• "It was in..." (83) - "...dominion over all" (83).
• Countryman, A. Minnehan, S. Minnehan, and Raqueno