{"id":101,"date":"2015-08-25T22:09:17","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T22:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/eng528f15\/?p=101"},"modified":"2015-08-27T21:07:11","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T21:07:11","slug":"annotating-they-feed-they-lion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/eng528f15\/2015\/08\/25\/annotating-they-feed-they-lion\/","title":{"rendered":"Annotating “They Feed They Lion”"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Thursday, August 27, you have two assignments: 1) annotate Phil Levine’s poem, “They Feed They Lion<\/a>“; 2) read Henry Adams’ “The Dynamo and the Virgin<\/a>.” (You can start annotating Adams as you read, but this is optional and not required, for now). \u00a0Both texts can be found in the sidebar to the right\u00a0– – or click on the links in this text.<\/p>\n

How to annotate?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before describing\u00a0what makes a helpful\u00a0annotation, here’s what you’ll need to do to start annotating.<\/p>\n

First<\/strong>, go to the “They Feed They Lion<\/a>” page. \u00a0On that page, you’ll notice a small but odd set of icons in the upper right-hand corner. \u00a0They look like this:<\/p>\n

\"Untitled\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Click on the little “<” symbol and a drawer will slide out. \u00a0It will look like this:<\/p>\n

\"Untitled<\/a><\/p>\n

Since you don’t have an account on Hypothesis, our annotation tool, you’ll have to create one. \u00a0Click on the “Create an account” button and fill in your details:<\/p>\n

\"Untitled<\/a><\/p>\n

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N.B. When you choose a username – – choose a name that I will recognize. \u00a0E.g. “LHanley” is going to make life a lot easier for me than “MadProfX,” etc.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Once you’ve created an account and logged into Hypothesis (on the Levine page), you’re ready to start annotating. \u00a0Here are the basics for how to mark text and add comments<\/a>. (Don’t worry about mention of the “extension,” that’s already been installed on the motherblog.) \u00a0N.B. \u00a0Make sure your annotations are set to “public,” so that we can all read them.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Second<\/strong>, what is a good annotation? \u00a0A good annotation can do several things – – record a response, propose a connection, supply useful information, or pose a helpful question. Basically, annotating is a way of writing what you’re thinking while you read. \u00a0An unhelpful annotation simply paraphrases the word or line of text. \u00a0I kind of like Mr. Varnell’s tips over on Genius.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This first assignment may engage you in two new things: getting started on online annotation and the work of annotating itself. \u00a0Don’t stress if things seem clumsy or awkward at first. \u00a0The more you practice, the more natural – – and easier – – \u00a0annotation will become. \u00a0E.g. relax and just start commenting on Levine’s poem.<\/p>\n

You’re all set now. \u00a0Go forth and annotate. \u00a0(Questions? Problems? Contact me: profhanley@gmail.com.) \u00a0Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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For Thursday, August 27, you have two assignments: 1) annotate Phil Levine’s poem, “They Feed They Lion“; 2) read Henry Adams’ “The Dynamo and the Virgin.” (You can start annotating Adams as you read, but this is optional and not required, for now). \u00a0Both texts can be found in the sidebar to the right\u00a0– – … Continue reading Annotating “They Feed They Lion”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-text"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/eng528f15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/eng528f15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/eng528f15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/eng528f15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/eng528f15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/eng528f15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108,"href":"https:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/eng528f15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions\/108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/eng528f15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/eng528f15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/eng528f15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}