Close Reading and Annotating

Annotating is a type of

• note taking

• bad habit for college

• multiple choice test

• none of these

Which of these situations would not require you to annotate by underling or highlighting the text?

• information that is confusing

• information that is interesting

• information you already know

• information that is surprising

Annotating while reading helps you to stay________ and _______ while reading.

• cool and calm

• not interested and idle

• focused and engaged

• less alert and distracted

The way you annotate a text has to be the same way every time you use the strategy.

• True

• False

What do you do for the second read?

• Read it two times really closely

• Read it for the main idea

• Highlight unfamiliar words, underline important details, write notes in the margins

What is Close Reading?

• A thoughtful, critical analysis of a complex text

• A key requirements of the Common Core State Standards

• Uncover layers of meaning that lead to deeper comprehension

• All of the above

What is the purpose for annotating a text.

• To focus on anything surprising to the reader.

• To focus on just the general understanding of the text.

• To focus on specific words and phrases of the text for a specific purpose.

• All of the above

All of these would be strategies for annotating except...

• summarizing the paragraph

• underline the title

• circle unknown vocabulary

• bubble in the scantron

Marking the text by highlighting, circling, & jotting notes in the margins

• Close Read

• Gist

• Annotate

• Messy

We already do close reading when we read the following:

• Social Media Posts

• Text Messages

• Video Games

• Books and Magazine

• News