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NonfictionAnnotationsTakingNotesWhileYouAreReadingAnnotationsarewrittennotesthatshowyouarethinkingaboutandengagingwiththetext.

InsightfulAnnotations

1. Summarizeasectionorparagraphandhighlightsupportingdetails.

2. Makeaninferenceandhighlightthesupportingdetails.

3. Explainhowthetitleconnectstothetext.4. Maketexttoself-text-worldconnections.5. Explainhowatextfeature(maps,pictures,

charts)connectstothepassage.6. Markareasofconfusionandwritingan“I

wonder…”question.7. Clarifywhatanauthorreallymeanswhenusing

figurativelanguage.8. Identifyandlabeltextstructuressuchascause/effect;problem/solution;compare/contrast;

stepsinaprocedure;chronological.

VocabularyAnnotations

1. Circleanunfamiliarword,highlightcontextcluesinthetext,andwriteinferreddefinitioninthemargin.

2. Useword-whackingstrategy.Identifybaseword,Greek/Latinroots,prefixes,and/orsuffixes(affixes)toconstructmeaningofaword.Writethedefinitionofcircledwordinthemargin.

3. Useadictionarytolookupaword.Selectthedefinitionthatalignswithhowthewordisusedincontextofthetext.Writethedefinitioninthemargin.

StayAwayFrom

1. Ilikethis.2. Idon’tlikethis.3. Thisconfusesme.4. Circlingawordandleavingit.5. Highlightingdetailswithoutannotations.6. Onlyannotatingthetextfeature.Youmustannotatetextdetails,too.7. Usingsymbolsoremoticons(smileyfaces,stars.questionmarks,exclamationpoints)because

theydonotshowthatyoureadthetext.