Prairie River Academy

English Language Arts

Grade 9Unit 1Lesson 1

Annotation and evidence

Give Annotation a Job

Today: Design an annotation system around a specific analytical purpose.

A

Begin

Warm-up

  1. 1.Name an annotation category for power.

  2. 2.What shift occurs?

B

Learn

Give Annotation a Job

Annotation is a record of decisions made while reading. Its quality depends on the question it serves, not the number of marks.

Preview the task, select categories, mark patterns and shifts, and write brief interpretive notes rather than labels alone.

Study the model

Task: analyze power. Mark commands, refusals, and changes in who speaks.

C

Read

Original PRA passage

The captain issued three orders. The crew obeyed the first two in silence. At the third, the youngest sailor asked, 'Toward whose shore?'
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Prairie River Academy

Give Annotation a Job

Grade 9Practice and apply
D

Practice

Read, think, and respond

  1. 1.Mark one command-related detail. ELA-9-01-01-Q1

  2. 2.Why does youngest matter? ELA-9-01-01-Q2

  3. 3.What does silence establish? ELA-9-01-01-Q3

  4. 4.Write one margin note that interprets the question. ELA-9-01-01-Q4

E

Apply

Use the lesson

Annotate the passage for changing authority and write a claim.

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