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Text Annotation
&
Text CodingSlide2
Learning Target
I can determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.2
I can read non-fictional text
while using
text
annotations
to record my thoughts.Slide3
What are Annotations
Annotations are a
record
of your thinking. If you’re thinking, make a record of it by writing down what
rushed
through
your brain.
Annotations
make remembering your thoughts much easier. In fact, you don’t even have to remember what you thought -- the
paper
will remember for you!
The act of annotating is a
physical
interaction with the text. Because you’re interacting with the text with both your hands and your eyes, the multisensory experience makes a much
stronger
imprint on your mind.
Annotation is
appropriate
for ANY subject. It’s not just an
English
class skill, it’s a reading skill – and reading happens in every course.
Also, “annotations” means much more than merely highlighting. It is a dynamic way of interacting with the text. In general, annotation refers to two related things:
Symbols
= These are the physical interactions
on
the text itself. These might include highlighting, boxing and circling words/phrases, underlining,
stars
,
arrows
, question marks, numbers and
bullets
.
Marginalia
= These are the
words
a reader writes next to the text in the
margins
that record
thoughts
.Slide4
Appropriate Annotation IS:
Questions
= Our minds constantly asks questions about things we don’t understand, things we are predicting, things we are trying to make sense out of. Recording these questions while reading will help
your
minds automatically search for answers.
Connections
= The more
you can
connect the information
you read
to what
you already
know about
yourselves, your world
, or other readings, the more the passages in front of
you will
make sense.
Interpretations
= The meaning or depth of a passage may not be stated at the surface level of the text, but after thinking and
reflecting,
it is important that
you identify
the
“puzzle pieces”
and start putting them together.
Summaries
= Even just putting something into
your own
words helps to clarify and solidify its meaning in
your mind
. Writing paraphrases of information in the margins and at the end of sections/chapters helps enormously to enhance understanding.
Words
= Individual words often hold a great deal of
meaning (Look for
v
ocabulary words).Slide5
Notes without thoughts
= It’s easy to write an inane comment but not have an actual thought attached to it. Simply identifying a “simile” serves little purpose; instead, students should record a thought about
why
that simile is there.
Personal reactions
= If a student is shocked or confused, writing “Wow!” or “Boring!” doesn’t warrant taking up space. Annotations are for thoughts worth remembering.
One-word comments
= Like notes without thoughts, usually a one-word margin note just doesn’t depict enough thinking to justify the space it takes up.Notes without symbols or symbols without notes = It’s important to use marginalia and symbols in conjunction with one another. They tag team to bring the passage to life.Too much of anything = Too much chocolate makes you sick. The same is true with annotations: Although they are an extremely good tool, when you highlight an entire page or paraphrases every sentence, the exercise becomes self-defeating.
Appropriate Annotation IS
NOT
:Slide6
ExampleSlide7
Practice
Read article “If dress code doesn’t suit teens, school district will”
-
Houston Chronicle, Aug. 1, 2008
Annotate
while you readSlide8
Turn and Talk
Get with the partner sitting across from you and have a quick discussion of this article.
Compare what you’ve annotated and your thoughts connected to those underlines.
Also, be sure to discuss and answer any questions you posed.Slide9
Group Share
Any pair volunteer pairs to read aloud and discuss the annotations that produced particularly interesting conversations?Slide10
Text CodingSlide11
Homework
Read article “Empathy for one’s fellow chimp”
-Chicago Tribune, March 23, 2007
Annotate the article using text annotation and text coding
.
Also, please fill in your resource sheet that we created Monday that is full of strategies we can use while reading.