Annotation
Guide: The purpose of annotating a piece of writing is to help you read. Use this to guide your annotations.
1.) Make brief Notes at the top of pages to mark important plot events.
2.) Circle or highlight words that are unfamiliar or unusual.
3.) When new characters are introduced, highlight phrases that describe them.
4.) Highlight words, images, and details that seem to form a pattern throughout the text. This will help you discover motifs and themes.
5.) Highlight passages that you think might be symbolic.
6.) Mark key ideas and note briefly your reflections about them.
7.) Highlight passages in which figurative language appears. Label it.
8.) When you get an idea while reading, note the idea in a brief form in the margin.
9.) If you have a question about something in the book, write it on the page when it first occurs to you.
10.) While participating in a discussion about the book, write down insights you hear or discover.
11.) Don’t mark much. If you mark everything, nothing will stand out.
12.) Use brackets, checks, stars, bullets or asterisks to mark very important items or detail you want to return to later.
Annotation
Guide: The purpose of annotating a piece of writing is to help you read. Use this to guide your annotations.
1.) Make brief Notes at the top of pages to mark important plot events.
2.) Circle or highlight words that are unfamiliar or unusual.
3.) When new characters are introduced, highlight phrases that describe them.
4.) Highlight words, images, and details that seem to form a pattern throughout the text. This will help you discover motifs and themes.
5.) Highlight passages that you think might be symbolic.
6.) Mark key ideas and note briefly your reflections about them.
7.) Highlight passages in which figurative language appears. Label it.
8.) When you get an idea while reading, note the idea in a brief form in the margin.
9.) If you have a question about something in the book, write it on the page when it first occurs to you.
10.) While participating in a discussion about the book, write down insights you hear or discover.
11.) Don’t mark much. If you mark everything, nothing will stand out.
12.) Use brackets, checks, stars, bullets or asterisks to mark very important items or detail you want to return to later.
Annotation
Guide: The purpose of annotating a piece of writing is to help you read. Use this to guide your annotations.
1.) Make brief Notes at the top of pages to mark important plot events.
2.) Circle or highlight words that are unfamiliar or unusual.
3.) When new characters are introduced, highlight phrases that describe them.
4.) Highlight words, images, and details that seem to form a pattern throughout the text. This will help you discover motifs and themes.
5.) Highlight passages that you think might be symbolic.
6.) Mark key ideas and note briefly your reflections about them.
7.) Highlight passages in which figurative language appears. Label it.
8.) When you get an idea while reading, note the idea in a brief form in the margin.
9.) If you have a question about something in the book, write it on the page when it first occurs to you.
10.) While participating in a discussion about the book, write down insights you hear or discover.
11.) Don’t mark much. If you mark everything, nothing will stand out.
12.) Use brackets, checks, stars, bullets or asterisks to mark very important items or detail you want to return to later.
Annotation
Guide: The purpose of annotating a piece of writing is to help you read. Use this to guide your annotations.
1.) Make brief Notes at the top of pages to mark important plot events.
2.) Circle or highlight words that are unfamiliar or unusual.
3.) When new characters are introduced, highlight phrases that describe them.
4.) Highlight words, images, and details that seem to form a pattern throughout the text. This will help you discover motifs and themes.
5.) Highlight passages that you think might be symbolic.
6.) Mark key ideas and note briefly your reflections about them.
7.) Highlight passages in which figurative language appears. Label it.
8.) When you get an idea while reading, note the idea in a brief form in the margin.
9.) If you have a question about something in the book, write it on the page when it first occurs to you.
10.) While participating in a discussion about the book, write down insights you hear or discover.
11.) Don’t mark much. If you mark everything, nothing will stand out.
12.) Use brackets, checks, stars, bullets or asterisks to mark very important items or detail you want to return to later.