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Name: ____________________________________ Date: ___________# _____ 

Empowering Yourself to Understand Text at a Deeper Level!

Book Title: _________________________________________________________ 

Author: ____________________________________________________________ 

Group Members: _____________________________________________________ 

Agreed Upon Commitments

Due Date Pages Notes

“ The more you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”

- Dr. Seuss, "I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!"

How to Annotate a Book 

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Good readers apply comprehension strategies as they read to better understandwhat they are reading. Annotating a book while you are reading allows you tokeep track of your thinking as you read and share it with others. Your focus willbe on making connections to the text, visualizing what is happening, determiningthe most important parts, and asking yourself questions.

 You should have at least 4 completed sticky notes for each week’s

reading. You are welcome to do more. You must also create two “thick”questions with answers to share with your group members.

Sticky Notes To create the sticky note, you can use the following sentence starters to lead yourthinking:

• “That reminds me of…”

• “I have connection to…”

• “I remember when…”

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“I wonder why…”• ‘Why….”

• “I’m confused by…”

• “This is really important because…”

• “I think this means…”

• “I predict….”

Every sticky note must have a page # and a completed sentence starter. Leavethe sticky notes in your book.

Thick Questions

 You must create at least two “thick” questions to share with your group members.

A thick question is a question that is not found directly in the text. You must infer to find theanswer. Thick questions require more than a one or two word response. They deal with thebig picture and large concepts.

MODELS OF STICKY NOTES:

 

I wonder when Mibswill find out what her

Savvy is?

Pg.15

 That reminds me of hownervous I was the nightbefore the first day of 

school. It took me foreverto fall asleep and I feltsick to my stomach.

p. 56

Pg.15

 This is really importantbecause it shows that

Edward is changing frombeing self-centered toputting the feelings of 

others first.p. 23

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Examples of “Thick” questions?

Question:

Which adventure do you think Edward liked best?Answer:

I think that Edward enjoyed his time with the older lady best because even thoughshe dressed him like a girl, she loved him and took care of him.

Question:

How would Pelegrina feel about Edward at the end of thebook?Answer:Pelagrina would be very pleased with how Edward had changed from being so self-centered to putting the feelings of others in front of his own wants.

“Thick” Question Sentence Starters

What if…?Why did…?What would happen if…?How would you feel if…?What character traits describe…?Why do you think…?What caused…?

Name _______________________________________________________ # _______ Week 4Sticky Note #1 Sticky Note #2

Sticky Note #3 Sticky Note #4

“Thick” Question #1

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Name _______________________________________________________ # _______ Week 3Sticky Note #1 Sticky Note #2

Sticky Note #3 Sticky Note #4

“Thick” Question #1 ___________________________________________________________________________________ 

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“Thick” Question Answer #1 ___________________________________________________________________________________ 

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“Thick” Question Answer #2

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Name _______________________________________________________ # _______ Week 2Sticky Note #1 Sticky Note #2

Sticky Note #3 Sticky Note #4

“Thick” Question #1 ___________________________________________________________________________________ 

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“Thick” Question Answer #1 ___________________________________________________________________________________ 

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“Thick” Question #2 ___________________________________________________________________________________ 

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Name _______________________________________________________ # _______ Week 1Sticky Note #1 Sticky Note #2

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Sticky Note #3 Sticky Note #4

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Name _______________________________________________________ # _______ Practice

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