annotate the text, underlining and highlighting passages that are surprising, confusing, or noteworthy (you can print a copy and annotate directly on it, or you can use Adobe Acrobat or any other method available to you).
In a word doc, record ten observations about the text. These observations should concern things that strike you as a reader, that are unexpected, that differentiate this text from others, that seem like interesting choices made by the writer, or that seem significant in some way. Note: do not upload your word doc until you complete Step 2.

Step 2: Craft an interpretive question
In Part 1, you took the first step toward crafting an interpretation—making observations; for this Part, you’ll take the next step: working from those observations to pose research questions.
From the observations you made for Part 1, identify several central issues or themes raised by the story, and keeping in mind the guidelines you and your peers generated for the previous assignment, craft five research questions that engage some of those issues or themes.
Important note: Remember, the goal of this particular research community is interpreting the text, so make sure that your questions position you to engage in that sort of analysis. For example, let’s say that one of the central themes you see raised in the story is the idea of “belonging”; rather than posing a question that positions you to research the concept, “belonging,” in society, direct your question to the story: so instead of “What factors contribute to feelings of belonging?” go with “What does David Sedaris’s story, “Go Carolina,” seem to suggest to readers about belonging?” Note how the first question requires researching society, while the second requires analysis of the text (the latter of which is appropriate for this unit).
In the same word doc you began for the previous step, record your five initial interpretive questions. Submit your word doc by clicking the “Submit Assignment” button at the top of this page (10 points).