How To Annotate
Annotate Article instructions:
In an effort to help our students read expository (nonfiction) writing, we are asking our students to find one science article every two weeks. These articles need to be read and annotated (steps below). We are asking our students to also include a summay (around 7 sentences).
1) Interact with the text. Read not just the words, but question what you're reading.
2. Highlight words in order to identify organizational pattern
3. Underline the topic sentence of each paragraph
4. Circle new and important vocabulary words.
5. Identify text features:
6. Make connections
7. Ask questions!!! Who, what, when, where, why, how? Then research your questions.
Annotate Article instructions:
In an effort to help our students read expository (nonfiction) writing, we are asking our students to find one science article every two weeks. These articles need to be read and annotated (steps below). We are asking our students to also include a summay (around 7 sentences).
1) Interact with the text. Read not just the words, but question what you're reading.
- Note the author’s purpose in the upper right margin.
- Facts/Information= inform
- Fiction= entertain
- Call to action= persuasion
2. Highlight words in order to identify organizational pattern
- Chronological: You can find this out be seeing if there are dates. Also, check to see if the information follows a logical order.
- Description: Lists attributes or characteristics
- Compare & Contrast: When the author compares two or more things.
- Problem/Solution: When the author presents a problem and ends with a solution.
- Cause & Effect: When the author identifies an issue or problem and end with the effect of the problem.
3. Underline the topic sentence of each paragraph
- Find the topic sentence or main idea by reading the paragraph and asking yourself, “what is this paragraph about?”
4. Circle new and important vocabulary words.
- Make sure to look up words that you do not understand.
5. Identify text features:
- Title
- Headings/Subheading
- Captions
- Graphs/tables/charts
- Pictures
- Footnotes
6. Make connections
- text to text
- text to self
- text to world
7. Ask questions!!! Who, what, when, where, why, how? Then research your questions.
