How to Annotate a Text
Four ways to annotate a text.
What are circle, underline, highlight, and draw a picture?
The person telling the story.
Who is the narrator?
A group of teens with money, mustangs, and madras.
What are Socs?
The one who sets up the episode for the listener.
Who is the host?
Is that your house way over _____?
There: T-H-E-R-E.
The blank spaces around a passage of text.
What are margins?
The narrator uses "I," "me," "mine," and "ours."
What is first-person?
A rodeo-frequenting, cigarette-smoking, leather jacket-wearing gang.
What are greasers?
You need this device to make your voice heard.
What is a voice recorder?
To each _____ own.
Their: T-H-E-I-R.
Good readers write these in the margins.
What are comments, notes, and questions?
The narrator uses "you" to tell the story.
What is second-person?
In a conversation about Socs and Greasers, she said this: "things are rough all over."
Who was Cherry Valance?
A listener will find your podcast streaming here.
What is on the internet?
When someone says that middle school is tough, ______ not lyin'.
They're: T-H-E-Y-'-R-E.
It's one of many strategies with a tea-time association you can use when you come across a word you don't know.
What is diffusion?
The following passage is an example of this P.O.V.
"He is just what a young man ought to be," said she, "sensible, good humoured, lively; and I never saw such happy manners!-so much ease, with such perfect good breeding!"
What is third-person?
Johnny Cade trembles with fear when he sees this classic car roll up.
What is a blue Mustang?
"NaNaNaNaNaNaNaNa NaNaNaNaNa NaNa Na BATMAAAAN!" is an example of one of these.
What is a theme song?
Their: T-H-E-I-R.
Members of the greaser gang.
Who are Darry, Dally, Ponyboy, Sodapop, Johnny, and Two-Bit?