Close Reading and Annotating

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.  

___________________ 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

a reader's question or comment on the text written directly on the text

• annotation

• question

• evaluation

• respond

This means writing on the text. It is usually best to write down entire thoughts.

• Annotating

• Visualizing

• Making Connections

• Monitoring Understanding (metacognition)

This means to carefully pay attention to what you read in order to understand it better. It involves three basic steps: Monitoring Understanding, Rereading, and Annotating the Text.

• Questioning

• Monitoring Understanding (metacognition)

• Close-Reading

• Making Inferences

What is close reading?

• reading a text as quickly as possible

• reading a text several times in order to gain a deep understanding of the text

• reading the text once and annotating any important details

• reading while circling vocabulary words and using context clues to define them

What is the purpose of the first close read of a text?

• interpret the passage

• connect the text to your own life

• gain a basic understanding of the text

• highlight what you do not understand