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NonfictionAnnotationsTakingNotesWhileYouAreReadingAnnotationsarewrittennotesthatshowyouarethinkingaboutandengagingwiththetext.
InsightfulAnnotations
1. Summarizeasectionorparagraphandhighlightsupportingdetails.
2. Makeaninferenceandhighlightthesupportingdetails.
3. Explainhowthetitleconnectstothetext.4. Maketexttoself-text-worldconnections.5. Explainhowatextfeature(maps,pictures,
charts)connectstothepassage.6. Markareasofconfusionandwritingan“I
wonder…”question.7. Clarifywhatanauthorreallymeanswhenusing
figurativelanguage.8. Identifyandlabeltextstructuressuchascause/effect;problem/solution;compare/contrast;
stepsinaprocedure;chronological.
VocabularyAnnotations
1. Circleanunfamiliarword,highlightcontextcluesinthetext,andwriteinferreddefinitioninthemargin.
2. Useword-whackingstrategy.Identifybaseword,Greek/Latinroots,prefixes,and/orsuffixes(affixes)toconstructmeaningofaword.Writethedefinitionofcircledwordinthemargin.
3. Useadictionarytolookupaword.Selectthedefinitionthatalignswithhowthewordisusedincontextofthetext.Writethedefinitioninthemargin.
StayAwayFrom
1. Ilikethis.2. Idon’tlikethis.3. Thisconfusesme.4. Circlingawordandleavingit.5. Highlightingdetailswithoutannotations.6. Onlyannotatingthetextfeature.Youmustannotatetextdetails,too.7. Usingsymbolsoremoticons(smileyfaces,stars.questionmarks,exclamationpoints)because
theydonotshowthatyoureadthetext.
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