Annotating Practice

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

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.  

Annotation slows down the reader in order to deepen understanding.

• True

• False

Which example shows how to most effectively annotate a text?

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Annotating text is...

• something to do if you are bored.

• something to do if you have to stay after school.

• something that a person does if they want to be a good reader.

• something that a person does if they have a new colored pen.

Which of the following things would a person NOT annotate?

• A newspaper article that you have to read in class.

• A chapter in a book that you will need to recall later.

• A label on a can of peas

• A story in a workbook in your reading class.

Which materials would you need to annotate in a chapter book?

• Pens, highlighters, or pencils.

• scissors, glue, and crayons

• tape, colored paper, and some string

• a paintbrush, some paint, and an eraser.