Critical Reading Strategy: Annotating Reading for school is different from reading for pleasure. Close reading with a purpose requires active reading strategies.

ANNOTATING an active reading strategy Annotating is an important skill to employ if you want to read critically. Successful critical readers read with a pen/pencil in their hand, making notes in the text as they read. Instead of reading passively, critical readers create an active relationship with what they are reading by "talking back" to the text in its margins (marking the text).

ANNOTATING an active reading strategy This sounds familiar…. “Marking the text” SUBSEARCH-PS

ANNOTATION an active reading strategy… Why isn’t highlighting enough? Highlighting is more passive. Annotating a text helps you to stay focused and involved with the text. You'll find that the process of marking the text and taking notes as you read will help you to monitor and improve your comprehension. **You cannot use a highlight on AP exam or ACT!

Methods of Annotation While ways to annotate a text are limitless, several are important to know and use: Preview—title, special features, etc. Number each paragraph, Underline key words and/or phrases, Bracket thesis statement (if explicitly stated)[ ] Circle repeated words; note unfamiliar words Identify imagery, literary devices, figures of repetition, rhetorical devices Summarize main idea of each paragraph in margin (briefly/few words).

Write questions and/or comments in margin, Types of Annotation Write questions and/or comments in margin, Mark ideas or personal reactions using abbreviations that make sense to you

Additional Active Reading Strategies: SUBSEARCH P.S. S – Skim, Scan, Survey [previewing] U – Underline key ideas or B – Brackets [thesis or major ideas] S – Symbols (in margin) or E – Enumeration (list of facts details) or A – Abbreviate (text message, ex, fyi) R – React Personally [must do!] C – Connect to text [must do!] H – Highlight (always put a limit; use like gold) P – Paraphrase or S – Summarize (Write statement after reading, as review)

Additional Reading Strategies Dialectical Journals (double column notes) Notes in left column Reader Response in right column Page or paragraph # in middle

Additional Reading Strategies Cornell Notes Left column – Cues such as main ideas, key words, questions, etc. (after taking notes) Right column – notes (during class) Bottom Section – summary of notes(after class, during review)

Additional Reading Strategies Post-It Notes When you cannot write on a text, use sticky notes/Post-it notes as an active reading strategy.