What would you be doing if you've been in the same situation as a character & you recognize it?

Making text-to-self connections

When a reader adds notes or comments to a text.

What kind of comments would you make about a character?

Their words, their actions, or they remind you of someone

How do you annotate difficult passages?

Summarize the gist of the passage

What simile describes annotating

Annotating is like having a conversation with your text.

How do you annotate unknown words

Highlight circle or box unknown words & write a brief definition

Why should you ask questions while annotating?

To see if questions are answered later & use for discussion

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Annotating the Text

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A review of when, how, and why to annotate a text.

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What would you be doing if you've been in the same situation as a character & you recognize it?
Reading the text
Being a nerd
Making text-to-self connections
Reading a story you wrote
2
What is annotating
Writing in a book.
It's an optional activity that gives me extra credit.
Answering the questions at the end of a story.
When a reader adds notes or comments to a text.
3
What kind of comments would you make about a character?
The character's job in the story
Their words, their actions, or they remind you of someone
Why the character is included in the story
If you think they would make a good friend
4
How do you annotate difficult passages?
Keep reading the passage until you understand it
Define all the unknown words
Wait for someone in your group to tell you about the passage
Summarize the gist of the passage
5
What simile describes annotating
Annotating is as hard as making connections to the text.
Annotating is like having a conversation with your text.
Annotating is like a boring assignment.
Annotating is like commenting on a text, but different.
6
What is the first step you take when annotating?
question mark the confusing parts of the text
number the paragraphs
put an exclamation mark next to the connections your make.
box unfamiliar words
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How do you annotate unknown words
You look them up in the dictionary so you know all of them
You shouldn't read books with unknown words
Highlight circle or box unknown words & write a brief definition
Ignore unknown words
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What literary devices might you comment on?
Grammar
Personification
The setting
The character's names
9
What can you add to the text?
Characters
Related facts and information
Pictures
A conclusion
10
What do you do if something intrigues you, surprises you, annoys you, or gives you the willies?
Tell the teacher
Ignore it
Put an exclamation mark
Skip it
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Mrs. Vangates gives extra credit when you annotate text accurately.
True
False
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Why should you ask questions while annotating?
It's good practice for asking questions in class
Writing questions makes it look like you read the text
Your teacher wants to see what you don't understand
To see if questions are answered later & use for discussion

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