Annotations & 8th Grade Language Arts PreTest

Annotation helps you to interact with the text for better reading comprehension.

• true
• false

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Annotation requires you not to do one of the following actions.

• shout out aloud
• circle words
• underline text
• number paragraphs

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Annotation is a reading strategy.

• true
• false

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Which of these situations would not require you to annotate by underling or highlighting the text?

• information that is confusing
• information you already know
• information that is interesting
• information that is suprising

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Which points do you identify in an article?

• unimportant details
• main points
• people's names
• none of these

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Direct quotes from an article should be used in a summary.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

A summary should give a snapshot of what an article is about.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Annotating is defined as...

• highlighting the entire text.
• markings/notes made on a text as you read it.
• summarizing the title. 
• taking notes about the main idea. 

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The purpose of annotating is to...

• make an assumption about what is being read.
• make us do more work than we should be doing in English.
• highlight the text word for word. 
• allow you to interact with, understand, and think about what the text is saying.  

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

When you underline the article you are looking for...

• big ideas, reasons, or arguments
• personal connections
• words you don't understand
• graphics, lists, other text features

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10