THOMS - Annotation

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

• true
• false

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

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

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

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

• True
• False

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. 

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.  

When you highlight you...

• should do this first
• highlight entire sentences and even paragraphs 
• highlight pieces of the sentences that are important to the main ideas
• should number the paragraphs.

When reading the text you are...

• legit reading it and trying to comprehend what the text is saying. 
• trying to predict what will happen ad the end.
• underling and placing stars on the article. 
• circling unfamiliar words, then defining them after the read. 

Select all options that apply while annotating a text:

• Highlight

• Underline

• Circle

• Draw pictures to visualize the text

• Make margin notes

You can make personal connections while annotating

• True

• False