Annotation

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

• true

• false

Annotation requires you not to do one of the following actions.

• shout out aloud

• circle words

• underline text

• number paragraphs

The purpose of annotation is to...

• understand what you are reading better

• writing stuff down

• reading a new text

• Highlighting unknown words in the text

What does it mean to highlight and write notes in the margins?

• note taking

• annotation

• main idea

• plot

To add notes to a text by highlighting and labeling is to ______ a text.

• annotate

• read

• disprove

• prove

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

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

• summarizing the paragraph

• underline the title

• circle unknown vocabulary

• bubble in the scantron

What does it mean to annotate? (multi-select)

• Collect information

• Interact with the text

• Take notes

• A group of individuals talking