9/24/15Do Now:- Take out your completed

Cornell Note summaries- Take out something to write

with

Homework:- Read and annotate

“Understanding the Temporary Insanity of Adolescence”

Content Objective: Students will gain an understanding of strategies to use when reading and annotating non-fiction texts.

Language Objective: Students will practice annotation strategies on the “Understanding the Temporary Insanity of Adolescence” article.

Monday: “What’s on your Mind?”

Tuesday: Intro Salinger and 1950’s

Wednesday: NO SCHOOL

Thursday: Annotating and “The Temporary Insanity of Adolescence”

Friday: Anticipation Guide

Looking Ahead:

1) Annotating Strategies

2) “The Temporary Insanity of Adolescence”

Agenda:

Improves Comprehension

Note-taking activities have a positive impact on reading comprehension

Twenty-one of twenty-three studies (91%) showed a positive outcome

Teaching different annotation styles helps students discover what works for them.“It’s important to expose them to different ways to annotate texts while they read. Over time, the students will gravitate to those that fit their individual needs best. However, they need to learn that there are MANY styles and strategies.”

Annotation Styles and Strategies

Bracket [important] passages

Annotation Styles and Strategies

Connect related ideas with lines

Underline important ideas/details

Annotation Styles and Strategies

Outline main ideas in margin

and/orWrite margin notes (comments and questions)

Annotation Styles and Strategies

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Circle unfamiliar vocabulary

Annotation Styles and Strategies

Place asterisks or exclamation points next to

unusual or surprising

details

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Annotation Styles and Strategies

Use symbols, drawings, and small drawings(text coding) to highlight important details

When using text coding, consistency is important. Students need to understand the key.

Annotation Styles and Strategies

Can’t write in books?Label with sticky notes—Students can use all the same strategies by placing their annotations on sticky notes on the pages of their books.Copy important sections from text (doesn’t break copyright if used for educational purposes)

BEFORE READINGo Set purpose for reading. CIRCLE title. Consider what it

means by asking a question about the title.o Identify information about the author, source, and publication

date.o Skim through the piece turning all subheadings into

questions, CIRCLING all text features, and READING any after reading questions.

o Identify the topic/subject and WRITE anything you already know about the topic and anything you want to know about the topic.

HOW TO ANNOTATE NONFICTION:

DURING READINGo Read EVERYTHING and mark the text.o Read AGAIN and add to the notes that you have already made.Mark in the text:

o STAR (*) the claimo UNDERLINE any rhetorical devices and/or literary elements.o Put (PARENTHESESE) around signal/cue words (words that help you identify the text structure —cause and

effect, compare-contrast, chronological, etc.)o ANSWER questions you created from subheadingso Circle unknown vocabulary

Write in the margins:o Summarizeo Make predictionso Formulate opinions (agree or disagree with the author)o Make connections (draw arrows and explain the connection)o Ask questions (Clarify/Connect/Conclude/Evaluate)o Analyze literary elements (symbol, metaphor, tone, diction, etc.) o Analyze rhetorical devices (logos, ethos, pathos etc.)

Consider how these devices/elements develop the central idea of the text.o Write reflections/reactions/comments

HOW TO ANNOTATE NONFICTION:

AFTER READINGo Complete this statement, “The author’s purpose for

writing this is...”o If you can’t answer author’s purpose questions, go back and

reread the introduction and conclusion.o Complete this statement, “The central idea of this text

is…”o Go back to the title and ANSWER your questions and

write a reflection on the significance of the title

HOW TO ANNOTATE NONFICTION:

Student annotation in 10th grade English

Annotation in Grades 9-12

• Underline the major points. • Circle keywords or phrases that are confusing or

unknown to you.• Use a question mark (?) for questions that you have

during the reading. Be sure to write your question. • Use an exclamation mark (!) for things that surprise you,

and briefly note what it was that caught your attention. • Draw an arrow ( ) ↵ when you make a connection to

something inside the text, or to an idea or experience outside the text. Briefly note your connections.

• Mark EX when the author provides an example.• Numerate arguments, important ideas, or key details

and write words or phrases that restate them.

Modeling in 9th Grade

English