GENERAL INFO
The definition of annotation.
What is...
taking notes while reading?
You circle these in texts when you see them, so that you can use context clues to figure out what they mean.
What are...
unknown words?
The relationship between annotation and comprehension/understanding.
"The _______ you annotate, the ________ you understand!"
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Direct?
The more you annotate, the more you understand?
If you are reading an autobiographical text, you should focus your annotations on...
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Key events/details in the text?
Once you circle an unknown word in your annotations, you should do this.
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Use context clues and try to figure out what it means?
The types of texts that you should annotate.
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All of them?
You often put a star in the margins to indicate this.
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Something important in the text?
When returning to a text after some time, annotation helps you...
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remember important details & events from the text?
If you are reading a fiction text with a lot of characters in it, you should highlight and take notes in the margins on...
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The characters and details about them?
Skiers congregated around the lodge's fireplace.
The word "congregated" means...
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gathered?
True or False:
Highlighting a text with no notes is still considered annotating.
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False?
Name one thing you should highlight when reading fiction texts to help you keep track of characterization?
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Character names/Info about the Characters?
Annotation is beneficial when reading these types of texts.
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All of them?
If you are reading a poem with a lot of repetition, you might do this while annotating.
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Highlight it? Underline it? Take margin notes?
Box Jellyfish venom is also excruciating, and if you do survive a sting from a Box Jellyfish, you will experience residual pain for weeks after the actual contact.
The word "residual" means...
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left over/lasting after a main event?
Another way to think about annotation is like you're...
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having a conversation with the text? talking to the text?
In an informational text, you often highlight this whenever you see it.
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statistics/data/research?
When discussing and answering questions about a text, annotation saves you from...
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Re-reading the entire text?
If you are reading a speech with a lot of words you don't know, you might annotate the text with this technique.
What is...
Circling unknown words & using context clues?
We've tried a few home remedies; however, the vinegar will not alleviate the pain.
The word "alleviate" means...
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make less severe?
True or False:
It is impossible to over-annotate.
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False?
When annotating, it is helpful to do this in the margins next to key paragraphs containing important information.
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summarize it in your own words?
Two benefits to annotating while reading.
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Expand vocabulary, concentrate & pay attention, connect with the text, and/or understand the text?
Answers will vary.
If you are reading an argumentative essay, you might use two highlighter colors to bring attention to this in the text.
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Both sides of the argument?
But Siberia is an immense wilderness, much of which is still uninhabited by humans.
The word "'immense" means...
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very large in scale?