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Making annotations
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- 2. What does annotatemean? Annotate means to “note down” Annotate—verb to supply (a written work, such as an ancient text) with critical or explanatory notes So, YOU as a reader, write down notes as you read. (usually in the margin next to the text)
- 3. Annotating text aneffective strategy for several reasons… Annotation helps you: 1. Reduce information 2. Organize information. 3. Identify key Concepts 4. Monitor your learning
- 4. Why annotate? Annotating text is a way to record your interactions (thoughts) with written information. Making annotation turns passive reading into an effective study strategy. Marking a textbook while reading is the beginning of helping your brain organize information and process what you are learning.
- 5. Annotating is documenting youractive reading process… In general, your annotations will zero in on key details and the central or main idea of a passage. You will usually make these notes in the margins of your text. You can highlight or underline key words, phrases, and sentences. You can put check marks and asterisks (*) next to important words or passages. You can also draw lines and arrows to make connections
- 6. So, all Ineed is a highlighter? Wrong!
- 7. Highlighting alone, is not sufficient. Highlighting is basically coloring college style. Use all the pretty colored pens & markers you want, but in order to ANNOTATE you need to write your thoughts in your own words. Highlighting in NOT annotating!
- 8. Four Main Typesof Annotations 1. Restatement 2. Questioning 3. Compare/Contrast 4. Challenging Ideas
- 9. Restatement As you reada section think about what is important in that section. In the margin, write the main idea in your own words. Sample Text Annotation Johnson’s vision of the Great Society extended the broader LBJ envisioned a ‘Great quality of life in the United States. Society’ . His idea focused Health care was perhaps the most on health care. Two fundamental issue for citizens’ programs in his vision to sense of personal security. After improve quality of life 1965, the new Medicare system were: paid for the medical needs of Americans aged sixty-five and 1. Medicare for 65 & older, and Medicaid underwrote older health care services for the 2. Medicaid for the poor indigent.
- 10. Compare/Contrast (Connection) Asyou read look for ways the content relates to you. It can be similar in some way or different. Text Annotation False confessions are another leading cause of wrongful (Compare) – This convictions. Twenty-five percent of reminds me of a video I cases involve a false confession or saw on a Va. man who incriminating statement made by the was part of the defendant. Of those cases 35% were Innocence Project, he 18 or under and/or developmentally was coerced into a disabled. confession and wrongly imprisoned for 8 years.
- 11. Questioning Be aware ofconcepts, words, and terms you do not understand. Make note of them so that you can clarify later. Sample Text Annotation “…It appears that the commonwealth has again made a What is meant by an poor decision concerning green economic boondoggle? power. Cape Wind is an economic boondoggle. Let me get this right: Martha Coakley, the attorney Why does the author general, stated an estimated see saving money a savings of $217 million over four poor decision? years.”
- 12. Challenging Ideas Keep an eye out for inconsistencies in theory, data, studies, or information that just doesn’t sit right with your understanding. Sample Text Annotation “…In this way, the decree indeed was Isn’t that somewhat based on racial criteria, though it did contradictory? Why is it not imitate the application of racialist better to be part principles to the Jews. “Pure Jews” Jewish than part were the incarnation of evil and the Gypsy? Or better to be archenemy of mankind but Pure Gypsy but not Mischlinge, being only partly Jewish Pure Jewish? Seems like was, were treated somewhat less inconsistent logic….if severely. In regard to the Gypsies, it you are going to make was the other way around. Mishlinge a law based on race were considered the bad element and shouldn’t it be pure Gypsies considered less of a consistent? threat….”
- 13. Other types ofinformation you can annotate…. Definitions Examples Predicted test questions People. Dates, places, or events Numbered lists or characteristics Relationship between concepts (cause/effect. Compare/contrast) Graphs, charts, diagrams