Annotation

Why is it important to annotate?

• It helps you get good grades

• Sums up the overall idea of the passage

• The teacher tells me to

• Sums up the overall idea of the paragraph

Annotation slows down the reader in order to deepen understanding

• True 
• False

ALL the following are examples of annotating a text EXCEPT

• Underline 
• Circle 
• Cross out 
• Write a question 

Annotation is a note of any form made while reading text. 

• True 
• False

Only middle school students can annotate

• True 
• False

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

What passages can you annotate?

• Newspaper

• Article

• Non-fiction Book

• Fiction Book

• All of the above