WARMUP:  Read the following quote

• “We are what we pretend to be so we must be very careful what we pretend to be.”–Kurt Vonnegut Jr., author.
• Think about it for a couple of minutes:  what do you think Vonnegut meant by this?

LEARNING TARGETS: by the end of today’s class you should be able to:

1. be able to define, IN YOUR OWN WORDS the concept of “Close Reading.”
2. use close reading strategies to come up with your own interpretation of “All Along The Watchtower.”