When a reader adds notes or comments to a text.

What simile describes annotating

Annotating is like having a conversation with your text.

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

Making text-to-self connections

How do you annotate difficult passages?

Summarize the gist of the passage

Why should you ask questions while annotating?

To see if questions are answered later & use for discussion

How do you annotate unknown words

Highlight or circle unknown words & write a brief definition

What kind of comments would you make about a character?

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

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

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