Annotation+-+What+to+Do

Annotation

**Annotation **** What to Do. **

**Mark the text with a pencil, pen, or, even better, colored fine-tipped pens** – Remember, you are not just highlighting, you are writing.

**Circle new and unfamiliar words** – Check the text for context and draw lines to connect with the unknown word. Look them up for further clarification.

**Define words or slang;** make the words real with examples from your experiences; explore why the author would have used a particular word or phrase.

**Draw arrows to related ideas** – Or unrelated ideas…

**Draw a picture** when a visual connection is appropriate.

**Underline the topic sentence in a passage** – Remember, each paragraph has one topic sentence. The rest is supporting information and examples. Identify the topic sentence to find it easier.

**Make meaningful connections** **.......to your own** life experiences. Describe a new perspective you may now have. **.......to other parts of the book.** Feel free to use direct quotes from the book. **.......to other texts** you have read or seen, including:
 * Movies
 * Comic books/graphic novels
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px;">News events
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px;">Other books, stories, plays, songs, or poems

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px;">**Add structure to a narrative text –** Use 1, 2, 3, 4…or an outline format I. A. B. C. 1, 2, 3, a, b, c…to add a structure that you understand.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px;">**Use codes** – Flag text with codes such as xxxx to indicate disagreement, !!!!!!! to note agreement or to mark a strong statement, <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px;">????? to indicate a question, SSSSS to indicate a change in thinking, a heart for something you really like a check mark for something you need to check out or a * for the topic sentence. Make up your own codes.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px;">**Know your preferences** – Some of you may not like marking directly in the text. If so, grab some sticky notes and do your marking and writing on them. This way you can move and reorganize later if you want. Others like to mark directly on the page.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px;">**Re-write, paraphrase, or summarize** a particularly difficult passage or moment.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px;"> **Explain the historical context** or traditions/social customs that are used in the passage.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px;"> **Write an analysis or interpretation** of what is happening in the text.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px;"> **Point out and discuss literary techniques** that the author is using. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px;">After the reading, complete at least two of the following statements: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px;">· This is about… <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px;">· The thing I really liked about this is … <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px;">· The thing that puzzled me the most about this is… <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px;">· This reminds me of…

<span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: -40px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 1551.5px; width: 1px;"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">After the reading, complete at least two of the following statements: · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">This poem is about… · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">The thing I really liked about this poem is … · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">The thing that puzzled me the most about this poem is… · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">This poem reminds me of…