Annotation Process

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

• 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.  

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

• cool and calm

• not interested and idle

• focused and engaged

• less alert and distracted

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

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 annotate? (multi-select)

• Collect information

• Interact with the text

• Take notes

• A group of individuals talking

Which is an accurate description of annotating?

• Writing a sentence next to each paragraph

• Summarizing a section/paragraph in 5-6 words

• Color coding the questions

• Underlining important information

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

• note taking

• annotation

• main idea

• plot

All of the following are annotation pieces, except.....

• People

• Main Idea/Important Events

• Vocabulary Unknown and Important

• Agriculture and Economic Exports

• Places