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Effective Annotation Techniques

Annotation involves writing in the margins of a text to show thoughts and understanding, rather than just highlighting. It can be used to connect information to background knowledge, clarify concepts, ask questions, summarize passages, respond to ideas, make inferences, or express opinions. There are various ways to annotate symbolically, such as using stars, exclamation points, circles, or question marks to flag important, surprising, or confusing information, and abbreviations to note connections or questions. The goal of annotation is to actively engage with a text to improve comprehension.

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Effective Annotation Techniques

Annotation involves writing in the margins of a text to show thoughts and understanding, rather than just highlighting. It can be used to connect information to background knowledge, clarify concepts, ask questions, summarize passages, respond to ideas, make inferences, or express opinions. There are various ways to annotate symbolically, such as using stars, exclamation points, circles, or question marks to flag important, surprising, or confusing information, and abbreviations to note connections or questions. The goal of annotation is to actively engage with a text to improve comprehension.

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Annotations: Show Your

Thinking While Reading


1) Writing in the margins,
NOT highlighting.
What is 2) Showing your thoughts
Annotation? &
about a text.
Why Use It?
3) Helping you understand
what you’re reading.
 -Connect – connect to your personal experience, background
knowledge, etc.
 -Clarify – restate/write to simplify the author’s point or the
information
Ways to Annotate  -Question – write a question about what you want to know or
what you are confused about

Written  -Summarize – sentence summary of what you read

Annotations  -Respond – respond to the text, give your opinion or thoughts


 -Infer – make an inference of what the author is saying
 -Feel – state an opinion or feeling you have
 ★or underline = main idea or key information
 ! = new or surprising information
 Circle or ? = confusing information or
Symbolic word I don’t know

Annotations  BK = background knowledge


 G.R.A.P.E.S. = connection to a G.R.A.P.E.S.
category
 ↵ = connection to you or other info.

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