Reading Responses- 9/30

While reading these short stories, I have noticed that I have trouble with comprehending the reading even after I do annotations. The two stories I still am not sure about is "Harrison Bergeron" or "A Very Old an With Enormous Wings". I haven't always been a fan of science fiction or magical realism and I couldn't keep up with the style of writing and how I was supposed to make annotations on it. The one reading I have been able to understand was "Dry September". I understood it better mainly because I had background knowledge for the story and that it is realistic. 

For the most part, I understand the notes/assignments for the annotations but I have trouble putting the skills into action to annotate. I find things that stick out to me but find out that I am missing important chunks of the information related to the topic. From a young age, I have struggled to be able to remember vocabulary words I have learned and apply them in my everyday speech. I have gotten into a habit of underlining "big" words I am having trouble with understanding. Every time I come across these words I don't know, I look them up in the dictionary to have a better source of understanding the work I am reading. 

50 mins: "A&P"

20 mins: "VOMEW"

50 mins: "Dry September"