Annotating Review

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

• true
• false

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

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.  

What is NOT an important part of close and critical reading?

• Writing questions

• Making connections and responses

• Identifying tricky vocabulary

• Changing the color of the page

Annotating is when you...

• Highlight almost every word of the text

• Circle a few words to make it look like you read it

• Add notes and write critical comments on a text.

• None of these

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.  

___________________ are hints found within a sentence, paragraph, or passage that a reader can use to understand the meanings of new or unfamiliar words.

• annotation(s)

• context clues

• inferences (to infer)

• part of speech

an idea formed by combining textual evidence with one's own reasoning and background knowledge

• annotation

• inference

• evaluation

• track

4. What should you do when you find a word you don't know?

• Ignore it

• Guess what it means and move on

• Define it using a dictionary or context clues

• Make an anchor chart about it