Annotation 9th Grade

What is annotation?

• It is answering questions from a story.
• It is summarizing an entire article.
• It is answering questions from an informational text.  
• It is in-text note-taking which allows interaction with text

How does annotating a text help you learn? Check the incorrect answer.

• Helps you synthesize what you're reading better.
• Improves comprehension and understanding. 
• Allows you not to have to read the entire text.  
• The annotated text provides a head start on future writing.

How can I annotate a text? Check the answer that is NOT how to annotate a text?

• Use the margins for notes.
• Highlight all the sentences in the paragraphs.
• Number paragraphs to make citing easier.
• Highlight key words and phrases.

What is not an annotation technique?

• Drawing pictures and taking notes in the margin.  
• Asking questions in the margin.
• Using color coding and symbols.  
• Researching the author.

What comes first when annotating a text?

• Survey the text 
• Highlight the text
• Number the paragraphs
• Read the text

Which of these is something we would NOT highlight as we annotate?

• Main ideas
• Evidence to support your claim
• Unknown vocabulary words
• An author's claims

Which of these symbol meanings is INCORRECT?

• !
   Interesting! Shocking! Wow!
• ??
  I'm super confused; not getting it
• *
  Main idea/relates to theme or main idea
• _*  
  What does this word mean?

When describing what the author is doing, what types of words ARE good to use?

• Nouns
• Verbs
• Adjectives
• Gerunds