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Title: The Art of Annotating


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The Art of Annotating
  • Using Annotating to Become an Active Reader

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WHAT is it and WHY should you do it?
  • Annotating simply means writing in your book as
    you read.
  • There are multiple reasons for marking a text as
    you read it .

3
Reason 1 Interact with the Book
  • You learn more from a conversation than you do
    from a one-sided lecture, so learn to TALK to
    your book!

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Reason 1 Interact with the book
  • Typical marks
  • Question marks questions be a critical reader
    by questioning what you read.
  • Exclamation marks to say I agree or great
    point
  • Smiley faces or other emoticons
  • Color or highlight your favorite sections
  • Create graphic organizers like Venn diagrams to
    help yourself understand relationships

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Reason 1 Interact with the Book
  • Comments when you agree or disagree
  • A short personal narrative that ties to the story
  • Record the name of a song, a different book, a
    movie, a television show that maybe came to mind
    while you were reading a specific section

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Reason 2 Learn What the Book Teaches
  • Underline, circle, or highlight key words and
    phrases
  • Use the textual clues to define unfamiliar words
  • If that doesnt help, then get a dictionary and
    record the definition in the margins of the book
  • Put a reference to another page in the book to
    provide links between information

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Reason 2 Learn What the Book Teaches
  • Summarize whole passages or even chapters
  • Leave a trail in the book that makes it easier to
    find information later
  • Create your own index in the back of the book
  • EX Record each time a particular symbol is used
    in the work

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Reason 3 Discover the Authors Style
  • Annotate to highlight style a particular way an
    author writes
  • Does the author use descriptions to convey tone?
    Highlight the super descriptive passages to find
    out.
  • Does the author use tons of dialogue in an effort
    to make the work more real?
  • Does the author use an abundance of figurative
    language (similes, metaphors, personification)?

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Reason 4 Become an ACTIVE Reader
  • If nothing else, annotating keeps you AWAKE
    because it prevents you from zoning out.
  • Your BRAIN is constantly questioning, looking for
    repeated symbols, discovering style, making
    connections between the text and your life, etc.
  • Your HANDS are busy underlining, highlighting,
    circling, flipping back and forth to find
    passages to connect, etc.
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