The Art of Annotating What is Annotating Annotating

The Art of Annotating

What is Annotating? • Annotating is marking the pages with notes to show active reading.

What Does A Paper with Annotations Look Like? • clearly identifies the important information in the text • express the main ideas of a text • introduces the reader’s thoughts and reactions to the text

Steps to Annotation • Step #1: – Skim the article using these symbols as you read: • (+) agree, (-) disagree, (*) important (!) surprising, (? ) wondering, (v) vocabulary

• Step #2 – Number the paragraphs. Read the article carefully and make notes in the margins. Notes should include: • Comments that show that you understand the article • Questions you have that show what you are wondering about as you read. • Mark any new vocabulary that you did not know or understand

Other Things to Consider When You Are Annotating • • Underline key words and phrases Summarize a topic/argument/etc. Introduce an idea Giving examples and make connections

• Step #3 – Complete a final quick read noting anything you may have missed during the first two reads. – You can make any additional annotations in the margin at this time.

When to Use CROP QV • • What is CROP QV? C Connections R Response/Reaction O Opinion P Prediction Q Questions V Visualization

• CROP QV does not work with all texts. • If it does not work, use the parts that will work. • Always make notes on the text or in the margins to help you understand what you are reading. • Use a dictionary to define words you do not understand.