Annotating Informational Text

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What is the first thing that you should do when analyzing Informational Text (Expository/Nonfiction)?

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Read the text

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Why do we circle repeated words or phrases in step 2 of annotating Informational Text?

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To determine the subject or topic of the selection

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What is the purpose of "boxing in the details" in the annotation process of Informational text?

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To determine the connection between them

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After determining the subject/topic of the text as well as the subject/topic's connection to the details you should...

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Write the main idea off on the side of the paragraph

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After determining the overall main idea of the text, what should you do to identify the author's purpose of the informational text?

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Identify the text structure.

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How do you determine the OVERALL MAIN IDEA of an Informational Text?

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Look at all of your Main Idea statements and find the pattern

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What does Text Structure + Main Idea =

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Author's Purpose

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Strategy for answering Main Idea questions: Key Word, Umbrella, Get rid of the Fluff, Mini Umbrella

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Umbrella

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Strategy to use for Inference questions over text: Mini umbrella, Key Word, Umbrella, Get Rid of the Fluff

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Get Rid of the Fluff

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Strategies for answering questions about supporting details from an Informational Text.

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Umbrella and Key Word