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Activity 2: Annotation On A Literary Text

The document provides instructions for annotating the poem "The Wheel" by Vinda Karandikar. Students are asked to mark up the text using writing tools and apply their knowledge of literary concepts. Their annotations will be scored using the rubric provided, which evaluates the extent, thoughtfulness, analysis, and depth of the annotations. Background is provided on the author Vinda Karandikar and his accomplishments as a Marathi poet and translator.

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Activity 2: Annotation On A Literary Text

The document provides instructions for annotating the poem "The Wheel" by Vinda Karandikar. Students are asked to mark up the text using writing tools and apply their knowledge of literary concepts. Their annotations will be scored using the rubric provided, which evaluates the extent, thoughtfulness, analysis, and depth of the annotations. Background is provided on the author Vinda Karandikar and his accomplishments as a Marathi poet and translator.

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Activity 2: Annotation on a Literary Text

Read Vinda Karandikar’s The Wheel and annotate the poem using
highlighters, colored pens, pencils, erasers, etc. Utilize your knowledge on
literary concepts in this activity. Refer to the Mini Task 1 annotation rubric
for the scoring.

The Wheel
BY VINDA KARANDIKAR

Someone is about to come but doesn't. Is about

to turn on the stairs but doesn't.

I button my shirt

come from the laundry with all its dazzling blots,

like one's peculiar fate.

I shut the door, sit quietly.

The fan begins to whirl

and turn the air into a whirlpool of fire,

making a noise bigger than the house.

Someone is about to come and doesn't.

It doesn't matter.

Calmly I lean against the wall,


become a wall.

A wounded bird on my shoulder laughs raucously,

laughs at the shoulder it perches on!

My soul of flesh and blood puts a long thread in the needle's eye.

I stitch a patch on my son's umbrella.

I pick his nose and name the pickings:

I call one "Elephant" and another "Lion."

Someone is about to come and doesn't. Is about

to turn on the stairs and doesn't.

I tickle my children,

they tickle me in turn; I laugh,

with a will; for I do not feel tickled.

It doesn't matter.

I scan their fingers for signs:

Nine conches and one wheel.

Note: "Nine conches and one wheel" are formations of lines on the tips of
fingers which, in Indian palmistry, foretell a happy life.
Vinda Karandikar was a Marathi poet whose selected poems, The
Sacred Heresy (1998), is available in English. A former professor of
English at the SIES College, Mumbai, he translated Shakespeare’s
King Lear (1974), Aristotle’s Poetics (1978), and Goethe’s Faust, Part 1
(1981) into Marathi. He received India's prestigious Jnanpith Award in
2003. Karandikar died in Mumbai in 2010 at the age of 91.

Weig Criteria (x 1) Score


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The text is extensively annotated. The annotations demonstrate
a comprehensive and thoughtful reading. The margin notes
5 show that the reader has proficiently analyzed the text, made
insightful connections and drawn valid conclusions. Notations
are balanced and show deep reading and thinking. All of the text
is addressed.
The text is adequately annotated. The annotations demonstrate
that the reader understands the text beyond the literal level. The
4 margin notes show that the reader has analyzed the text, made
some connections and drawn some conclusions. Notations are
balanced and show some deep reading and thinking. Most to all
of the text is addressed.
The text is annotated. The annotations are basic and consist
mainly of plot driven questions or literal ideas. Annotations
3 indicate a basic understanding of the text. The reader has been
able to make one or two connections, but has been unable to use
the text to draw valid conclusions. Notations are unbalanced and
only half of the text is addressed.
The text is underlined in a few places. Notes are illogical and not
2 balanced. Only one quarter of text has been glossed. Insufficient
length and depth in comments
1 Significant parts of the text are completely unmarked. Limited
underlined texts only.
TOTAL
RUBRIC

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