Writing Warmup:
Dr. B was really impressed with the reading logs she received in class yesterday. You were able to capture important details in a very short amount of time, showing me, your teacher, that you have excellent comprehension of the key plot points in Alan Moore's Watchmen.
For today, we will do a mini reading log exercise and reflect on our experiences on the blog. Here are your instructions:
1) On a clean sheet of paper, set up a log like the one yesterday:
- Date:
- Time Started:
- Time Ended (+ # of pages):
- Response:To the best of your ability, summarize the plot on the pages you were able to get through. Make sure to cite page numbers at key points so you can reference them in the future and during discussion.
2) When you have finished, describe your experience in the comments section below. Answer these questions:
- Do you feel like you understand the plot of Watchmen better when you have written it down immediately afterwards?
- Looking at your time and page numbers, do you consider yourself a fast reader?
- Lastly, what is one thing you want to know more about in the pages you read today?
1. I feel like I do understand the plot better when I have written it down.
ReplyDelete2. I consider myself an average reader.
3. One thing I would like to know more about is page 1 of chapter 11, I did not understand it.
I feel like I can understand the plot better when I have written it down after, but some of the book is still hard to follow. If I need to look back to see what happened in that chapter, I can just look at my reading log.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't consider myself a fast reader, but I think I read at a good pace to get it done in time, along with understanding it well.
I want to know what was happening in the beginning of chapter 11. I didn't understand it at all and the context was confusing.
1. Do you feel like you understand the plot of Watchmen better when you have written it down immediately afterwards?
ReplyDelete-I feel that I understand the plot of Watchmen a little bit better once I have written it down, because as I go on through the chapter, it is easier to comprehend what is happening later on.
2. Looking at your time and page numbers, do you consider yourself a fast reader?
-I think that I read at a good pace. Not too slow, and not too fast. I also think that sometimes I don't know what I am reading, but I keep going which isn't very good.
3. Lastly, what is one thing you want to know more about in the pages you read today?
- I want to know what all of the vocabulary that was in the chapter actually meant. I was really confused what was being said in the beginning because the vocabulary that was being used was very difficult to understand.
1. I find it kind of hard to follow the story of watchmen but writing it down afterwards kind of helps because it makes you reflect back on what you just read and helps you understand it a little.
ReplyDelete2. No I do not consider myself a fast reader.
3. I want to know what is going on in the pages I read.
2. I think I am a slow reader because I read slow and it takes me a while to get through the wars.
Delete3. I want to be able to understand what the conversation between nightowl and rorschack and what ozzy is doing.
1.) I would say that I understand it a little bit more when I write it down because you kinda have to understand in in order to write down what happened.
ReplyDelete2.) I would not say I am a fast ready but I can keep a good steady pace.
3.) I want to know how it goes when Dr. Manhatten
I want to know how it goes when Dr. Manhatten come back to earth.
Delete1. I feel like I do understand the plot better writing it down right after I read it, but I still feel that this books plot is hard to follow.
ReplyDelete2. I feel like I'm not a very fast reader but I would say I read at an average pace.
3. After what I read in class today I was a little confused why it went from it being all snowy to being all bright and tropical.
1. Yes I feel like I understand it a little more writing about it after than if I was just reading it.
ReplyDelete2. I do not consider myself a fast reader.
3. What is that cat/dog thing that is Veidt's pet?
1. A little bit, It definitely helps me to just write down the main idea of the chapter so I remember more.
ReplyDelete2. No I do not, I am definitely a slow reader.
3. I want to know what Jon is creating his own city for. I also want to know what Rorshack and Dan are up to.
1- Do you feel like you understand the plot of Watchmen better when you have written it down immediately afterwards? I definitely think that I understand the plot when I think about what happened throughly. I have a hard time comprehending what is happening in the book at certain points, but once I either, talk it over with the class or watch the movie I feel as if I can understand what is happening better.
ReplyDelete2- Looking at your time and page numbers, do you consider yourself a fast reader? Yes and no, I tend to get caught up on what is happening in the book and really think about it in depth. If I'm at an interesting spot in the story I tend to be a faster reader.
3- Lastly, what is one thing you want to know more about in the pages you read today? I want to be able to understand exactly what is happening. I understood that they were in a Antartica (cold climate) and Veidt was carefully watching Rorschach and Nite Owl.
1. I feel like it isn't really any different because I still forget what I wrote down an read the day before.
ReplyDelete2. Not really because I don't get anything out of reading and to actually try to understand it I have to go over it again.
3. I want to know why they are going to this guys place in the middle of Antarctica.