1. Annotating a Text Critical note taking. Use Post-it notes to mark vocabulary that you don’t understand, events that you think will be important later in the text, or themes you see unfolding etc. Taking notes on the text.

2. What Am I Looking For When I Annotate? Making Connections

3. What Am I Looking For When I Annotate? Text to Self [TS] How does the text connect to your own life? Does it connect to: Somewhere I’ve been? Something I’ve experienced? Someone I know?

4. What am I looking for when I annotate? Text to Text [TT] How does the text remind you of something you’ve read? Does it connect to: Another book? An article? What Am I Looking For When I Annotate?

5. What am I looking for when I annotate? Text to World [TW] How does the text remind you of something in the real world? Does it connect to: Something going on in the world? A famous person or event? A time in history? What Am I Looking For When I Annotate?

6. What am I looking for when I annotate? Ask Questions [?]: What does this word mean? Why is this happening? What are they talking about? What Am I Looking For When I Annotate?

7. What am I looking for when I annotate? Make Predictions [P]: I think that… I wonder if… (This helps you to think ahead in the text ) What Am I Looking For When I Annotate?

8. What am I looking for when I annotate? Make Inferences: Bring things in the text together in order to make an inference, an assumption or to draw a conclusion. What Am I Looking For When I Annotate?

9. What am I looking for when I annotate? Imagery: What in the text helps you hear what is written? What in the text helps you see (like a movie) the characters or actions? Note the language that awakens your senses What Am I Looking For When I Annotate?

10. What am I looking for when I annotate? Identify Patterns and Repetitions: Have I read this quote before in the story? Has this character done this before? What Am I Looking For When I Annotate?

11. What am I looking for when I annotate? Note Things That Shock You [OMG!]: I can’t believe that… I never saw that coming… What Am I Looking For When I Annotate?

12. What am I looking for when I annotate? Themes: What is a theme I see repeating? What Am I Looking For When I Annotate?

13. What am I looking for when I annotate? Author’s Purpose [AP]: Why did the author choose to include this? Why did the author choose to word it this way? What Am I Looking For When I Annotate?

14. Write on your Post-it note and stick it in your book. “Highlight” words, phrases, or quotes. How Do I Annotate? DO NOT highlight whole pages. Only highlight things that stand out to you… there is no point in OVER highlighting.

15. Wrong Right

16. Why Am I Annotating? This helps you become an active reader. When you are an active reader you understand the text and its meaning better. Why Do I Have to Annotate? This means you pay attention to what you are reading and look for key information.

17. Why Am I Annotating? Symbols to Use When Annotating Text to self = TS Text to Text= TT Text to World = TW Questions/Confusion = ? Unknown Vocabulary = V Predictions = P Imagery = Img Shocking moments/Strong reactions = OMG! Author’s Purpose = AP