Annotation

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

• True

• False

Annotation slows down the reader in order to deepen understanding.

• True

• False

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

• information that is confusing

• information you already know

• information that is interesting

• 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

Annotating can help you understand the author's purpose.

• True

• False

How can you keep track of the different marks and writing you make during annotating?

• You don't need to

• Use your codes chart

• I'm supposed to mark and underline?

• What's annotating?

Which example shows how to most effectively annotate a text?

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Annotating text is...

• something to do if you are bored.

• something to do if you have to stay after school.

• something that a person does if they want to be a good reader.

• something that a person does if they have a new colored pen.

Which of the following things would a person NOT annotate?

• A newspaper article that you have to read in class.

• A chapter in a book that you will need to recall later.

• A label on a can of peas

• A story in a workbook in your reading class.

Which materials would you need to annotate in a chapter book?

• Pens, highlighters, or pencils.

• scissors, glue, and crayons

• tape, colored paper, and some string

• a paintbrush, some paint, and an eraser.