How are you achieving your annotation goals?
Revisit your notes on active reading and understanding context and do your best to describe each of the three contexts we’ve discussed in class. 1) What is the surrounding context for this essay? Where and when was it first published? Who wrote the essay, and what do you notice about the author’s bio? 2) What is the circumstantial context? What circumstances surround your personal reading experience? What is your purpose for reading this text? 3) Describe the intentional context. What is the rhetorical situation? What is the scope? What is the “so what?” Finally, please choose three unfamiliar words or references to look up. Define or explain those terms in your blog.
I am doing a better job of annotating with purpose. For instance, I am summarizing quotes that I have underlined next to them so that when I go back to look for quotes to use in my writing they are easier to find. Even if I am not necessarily going to use a quote, summarizing it is a good way to get an idea of where points are in the text. Overall, I am annotating with purpose now.
The surrounding context for this essay is that this essay was published in the same month that the actual publication was launched, January 2014. The publication the World-Post, which is a collaboration between liberal news source the Huffington Post and the Berggruen Institute on Governance. Yo-Yo Ma is an extremely awarded cellist, who traveled the world to perform. Ma is an advocate for STEAM education and global culture. The circumstantial context is reading this essay for the purpose of a multi-modal academic essay. I have some context on both Yo-Yo Ma and what STEAM education is, but not much. The intentional context is to explain the benefits of integrating art into science, and how their collaboration leads to a greater understanding of the world. Ma also explains the benefits of globalization to culture. There were not many terms that I did not know the meaning to, however, I looked up some terms to get a better understanding on why Ma included them.
The Enlightenment Era— European intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries that emphasized the use of reason to advance understanding
Globalization— how trade and technology have made the world into a more connected and interdependent place
Equilibrium— state in which opposing forces or influences are balanced
Excellent. You opted to investigate some pretty important terms. Keep up the good work.