Annotating Expectations (for ANY assigned reading in this course): 1. Circle words you do not know, look up the definitions, and write them in the margins. 2. Underline main ideas and paraphrase them in the margins after each section (not each paragraph). 3. Make personal connections. Any personal examples. Examples: a. “I remember talking about this in class a couple years ago.” b. “I didn’t know __________ practices were happening.” c. “I’m glad _______________ is not true.” d. This happened to someone I know. 4. Write opinions and questions in the margins. e. I don’t agree f. ????? Ask Ms. Fong about this in class 5. Write the author’s main idea at the end of the text. It should be 2-3 sentences and contain the author’s purpose. 6. Interact with boxes that have “steps of a process” by putting numbers in the margin, or highlighting the most important ones for YOU. 7. Signal where important information can be found with key words or symbols in the margin. Then put a note next to it. 8. Highly suggest: use different colors, lines, symbols, etc. to offset your annotations.
Annotating Expectations (for ANY assigned reading in this course): 1. Circle words you do not know, look up the definitions, and write them in the margins. 2. Underline main ideas and paraphrase them in the margins after each section (not each paragraph). 3. Make personal connections. Any personal examples. Examples: a. “I remember talking about this in class a couple years ago.” b. “I didn’t know __________ practices were happening.” c. “I’m glad _______________ is not true.” d. This happened to someone I know. 4. Write opinions and questions in the margins. e. I don’t agree f. ????? Ask Ms. Fong about this in class 5. Write the author’s main idea at the end of the text. It should be 2-3 sentences and contain the author’s purpose. 6. Interact with boxes that have “steps of a process” by putting numbers in the margin, or highlighting the most important ones for YOU. 7. Signal where important information can be found with key words or symbols in the margin. Then put a note next to it. 8. Highly suggest: use different colors, lines, symbols, etc. to offset your annotations
Annotation Grade Sheet
Directions: Examine your partner’s annotations in Chapter ____ and answer the following questions. Please include Page Numbers. 1. Partner’s Name:

2. Your name:

3. Did your partner annotate the chapter (yes, no, sort of)?

4. You are looking for all of the highlighted concepts throughout the chapter. a. Definitions (example):

b. Main ideas/paraphrasing (example):

c. Personal connections (example):

d. Opinions (example):

e. Questions (example):

f. Author’s main idea (contains the author’s purpose) (example):

g. Steps of a process numbers (for which section):

h. Signal for key words or symbols (for which section):

5. Did this person use any other strategy, using colors, lines, symbols, etc.?