Annotating a text text annotation annotating a text.pptx
- 2. ❖ Annotation engages students and increases reading comprehension strategies, helping students develop a deeper understanding and appreciation for literature. 1. Basics of Good Annotation: Annotation is simply the process of thoughtful reading and making notes as one studies a text. Start with some basic forms of annotation: ● highlighting a phrase or sentence and including a comment ● circling a word that needs defining ● posing a question when something isn’t fully understood ● writing a short summary of a key section Good annotating will help an individual to concentrate and to have a better understanding of what is read and helps remember their thoughts and ideas when they revisit the text.
- 3. 2. Have a Reading Checklist. 3. Refer to Annotation Rubrics. 4. Keep it simple.
- 4. Insightful Annotations 1. Summarize a section or paragraph and highlight supporting details. 2. Make an inference and highlight the supporting details. 3. Explain how the title connects to the text. 4. Make text to self-text-world connections. 5. Explain how a text feature (maps, pictures, charts) connects to the passage. 6. Mark areas of confusion and writing an “I wonder…” question. 7. Clarify what an author really means when using figurative language. 8. Identify and label text structures such as cause/effect; problem/solution; compare/contrast; steps in a procedure; chronological.
- 5. Vocabulary Annotations 1. Circle an unfamiliar word, highlight context clues in the text, and write inferred definition in the margin. 2. Use word-whacking strategy. Identify base word, Greek/Latin roots, prefixes, and/or suffixes (affixes) to construct meaning of a word. Write the definition of circled word in the margin. 3. Use a dictionary to look up a word. Select the definition that aligns with how the word is used in context of the text. Write the definition in the margin.
- 6. Stay Away From 1. I like this. 2. I don’t likethis. 3. This confuses me. 4. Circling a word and leaving it. 5. Highlighting details without annotations. 6. Only annotating the text feature. You must annotate text details, too. 7. Using symbols or emoticons (smiley faces, stars, question marks, exclamation points) because they do not show that you have read the text.