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Learn about annotation and notetaking and build excellent research skills. Created for an 11th grade history class at Windward School.ctl.windwardschool.orgwww.windwardschool.org
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Shetal is going on a date to a club.
If she can take only 3 items in her clutch, what should she take and why?
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Annotate: (v.) to add notes to (a text or diagram) giving explanation or comment.-- Source: The Oxford American Dictionary
What did we just do?
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How is Shetal's Bag Annotated?http://www.flickr.com/photos/bardgabbard/3951445679/
Shetal is going on a date to a club.
... Summarize (What is in her purse?)
... Assess (How useful will these items be on the date?)
... Reflect (How helpful are the items? Which will be most essential to the success of her date?)
Today's Goals
Learn what an annotated bibliography is, how to do it, and why.
Get new ideas for how to take effective notes.
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Annotated Bibliography
Overview: a list of sources with a short explanation of the source and how it will be useful to you.
Length of annotation: About 150 words
Purpose: Inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy and quality of the sources-- source: Olin and Uris Libraries, "How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography, http://olinuris.library.cornell.edu/ref/research/skill28.htm
What should be in an annotation?Remember: an annotation is a short explanation of the source and how it will be useful to you. It should inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy and quality of the source for your topic.
Annotations Should...
... Summarize (topics, main arguments)
... Assess (point of view, authority, accuracy, references, currency)
... Reflect (How helpful is this source for you? How will you use it to shape your argument?)
Why Bother?
Creating an annotated bibliography... ... forces you to examine your sources critically. ... will allow you to begin thinking of how to structure your argument. ... helps you remember what is in each source.
ExampleHere is a sample annotated bibliography
Effective Note Taking
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Deciding if a Source is Useful
What are your strategies for “pre-reading” a text before taking notes on it?
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Pre-Reading Strategies
What to examine:• Title and subtitle of the source• Table of contents• Appendices, maps, illustrations• Abstract or summary of the source• Section headings• Bibliography• Introduction and conclusion
Pre-Reading Strategies
Key Questions:• Who wrote this source and why? Who published it?• When was this source written?• What is the author's or creator's thesis or purpose? Who
is the intended audience?• What evidence does the author use to support his or her
argument?• What sources does that author cite?
Reading Actively
1.What does it mean to read a source actively (vs. passively)?
2.Beyond recording information, how can you take notes in a way that responds to the text?
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Reading Actively
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Have a Conversation with the Source
Write as you read:• Summarize main points
of a source. Be selective and concise!
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Have a Conversation with the Source
Write as you read:• Look up unfamiliar
words and write definitions in your notes or on photocopies of your sources.
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Have a Conversation with the Source
Write as you read:• Respond in the
margins: ask questions, disagree, and make connections to other texts.
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Have a Conversation with the Source
Write as you read:• Tag/add keywords to
your notes to help you organize them later.
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Have a Conversation with the Source
Write as you read:• Write reflections and
reactions to what you read.
• Review what you have written regularly.
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Have a Raucous Conversation"Studs Terkel...was known to admonish friends who would read his books but leave them free of markings. He told them that reading a book should not be a passive exercise, but rather a raucous conversation."
Source: Holly Epstein Ojalvo, "Do You Write in Your Books?", NYT Learning Network, February 22, 2011, http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/22/do-you-write-in-your-books/
Annotated Bibliographies and Effective NotetakingHistory 11, Bud Pell, March 7 2012
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