How to Annotate Nonfiction

HOW TO ANNOTATE NONFICTION

BEFORE READING

CIRCLE title.

·  Identify information about the author, source, and publication date.

·  TURN all subheadings into questions,

·  CIRCLE all text features ( bullets, subheadings, pictures, graphs, diagrams etc)

·  Identify the topic/subject , any Background Information about the topic

·  HIGHLIGHT any repetition, Author’s Bias, restatement, and rhetorical questions

·  UNDERLINE cause and effect, compare-contrast, chronological, etc.)

·  ANSWER questions you created from subheadings

·  Put (PARENTHESESE) around vocabulary

·  Summarize paragraphs, Make predictions, Formulate opinions (agree or disagree with the author), Make connections

·  Ask questions (Clarify/Connect/Conclude)

·  Analyze author’s point of view

·  Write reflections/reactions/comments

AFTER READING

 Author’s purpose, message to the readers, your opinion

 Go back and ANSWER your questions and write a reflection

on the significance of the title.