The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Your reading assignment for this unit is to conduct a close reading of The Time Machine by H.G. Wells.
While you are reading, you should practice the active reading techniques from the first section of the semester. Remember to:
- Preview the text by looking at what you know and what you want to know about time travel.
- Ask questions about why the characters do what they do, how things happen, what the meaning of events or objects might be; in other words, start a dialogue with the text.
- Research words and concepts you are not familiar with.
- Make predictions about what is going to happen next in the story.
Since you will be tested on this novella, consider the following methods while you are reading. Click each +title to open the section.
Character cards include the following information:
- Name
- Age
- Physical Description
- Occupation/Activities
- Personality (quirks)
- Motivations – why they do and say what they do?
- Objectives – short term and long term what do they want?
- Obstacles – What is in the way of the characters getting what they want?
Chapter cards include the following information:
- Chapter name/number
- 2-3 sentence plot summary
- Meaningful quotes (at least 3)
- Symbols or motifs (at least 1)
- Description of the setting
- Description of conflict or complications
- What you learn about the characters (at least 3 things)
- Insights about the theme (at least 2)
- Predictions about what will happen next (at least 2)
- Questions you have about the text ( at least 3)
- Vocabulary you do not know
You could annotate the chapters to engage yourself fully in the reading experience. Here is a reminder of one way to annotate a text. Before you begin you must establish a code.
Use the example code below in its entirety or tweak it to make sense for you.
