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ANNOTATING MATERIAL
WHAT IS ANNOTATING?
Annotating a text is a way to augment your understanding. It is a fairly pliable skill and therefore difficult to instruct students in. Look for us to reiterate these methods often.
Some things to remember:
• Reading for school is different than reading for pleasure.
• Always read with a purpose.
• Reading is not a solitary activity. Annotating is a way of engaging in a conversation with the author.
“I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with me.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
METHODS OF ANNOTATING DIFFER. Depending on what you are reading, what and how you Annotate will differ.
Poetry: This is most like having a conversation with the author. • Underline words to lookup
(definitions)• Circle odd grammatical
structures. • Write notes in the
margins:• Questions for the
author: “do you mean…”
• Statements you either agree or disagree with: “no way…”
• Things you notice about a poem that fits an assignment: “Alliteration” “rhyming…”
Fiction: Have a purpose and things to look for. • Know what the parts of a
story are for and know what part you are in, underline appropriate details.
• Ask questions make comments to the author and/or characters: “He doesn’t like you…”
• Focus on characters and details about them.• Look for reasons they
are doing what they are doing.
Non-Fiction: (Textbook Reading)Skim first to get the layout• Underline the main idea
of each section or paragraph (topic sentences).• Underline supporting
details. (Things that make the main ideas true)
• Box definitions.• Jot down summaries of
key ideas or paragraphs in the margins. (Short hand)
THINGS TO REMEMBER…
• Less is more. Underlining everything is the same as underlining nothing.
• Highlighters are not the best for this. Read with a pen or pencil in hand.
• Reading is not a solitary activity, it is a conversation with the author of the text think of it this way.
• Annotate whatever you can in school, the action of doing this will help you to remember the information.