Text Annotation and Active Reading Strategies

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Text Annotation

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The process of marking a piece of text while reading to highlight important information, text meaning, key details, ideas, and questions.

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Intratextual Marking

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Highlighting, underlining, and using symbols to focus on important text elements like keywords, ideas, and phrases.

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Marginal Notes

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Writing short phrases and sentences in the margins to explain why intratextual markings are important and to ask questions.

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Selective Highlighting

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Use different colors to highlight key vocabulary, main ideas, supporting details, and key facts and concepts.

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5 Steps to Annotation: Survey

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1st Step: Look over the text to see what's in store for you.

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5 Steps to Annotation: Determine Purpose

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Second Step: Decide why you are reading the text and what you need to get out of it.

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5 Steps to Annotation: Plan Annotation Strategy

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3rd Step: Decide how you will annotate based on your purpose, using intertextual markings and margin notes.

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5 Steps to Annotation: Annotate Text and Graphics

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Step 4: Mark up the text as you read to help you draw attention to the most important parts. For graphics, read captions and notes carefully, and make sense of the graphic.

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5 Steps to Annotation: Ask Questions

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5th Step: Write questions in the margin when you encounter something you don't understand.