Annotation Video
Textual Annotations
I am going to take a guess and say that very few of you have ever heard the words textual annotations, or maybe you have heard it before but you have no clue how to annotate a text. Well the good news is this everyone has been there, even me. No one is born knowing how to annotate a text, oh no it is a skill that has to be learned. The bad news is this once you learn how to do it, it is almost impossible to forget, sort of like that song "It's A Small World".
Now lets start with the basics, what does textual annotation mean? Any guesses?
Textual Annotation is the process of marking pages with notes.
Now you might be asking yourself, 'what parts of the text qualify as note worthy?'
Quick answer/statement that will save you a lot of headaches "DO NOT highlight/underline it all" that will just confuse you later. I can promise you this.
A well-annotated text will accomplish all of the following:
• It will clearly identify where in the text important ideas and information are located
•It will express the main ideas of a text
•It will trace the development of ideas/arguments throughout a text
•It will introduce a few of the reader’s thoughts and reactions
Now you maybe think 'of course she says that, but I still have no clue what she is talking about.'
Well, am I right? I am not physic, the reason I know that is because I have been there before, and have thought the same thing at one or two points in my life.
Look over the notes listed below and they will help you out, but if you need more help just let me know. Like I said before I'm not physic. :)
Now lets start with the basics, what does textual annotation mean? Any guesses?
Textual Annotation is the process of marking pages with notes.
Now you might be asking yourself, 'what parts of the text qualify as note worthy?'
Quick answer/statement that will save you a lot of headaches "DO NOT highlight/underline it all" that will just confuse you later. I can promise you this.
A well-annotated text will accomplish all of the following:
• It will clearly identify where in the text important ideas and information are located
•It will express the main ideas of a text
•It will trace the development of ideas/arguments throughout a text
•It will introduce a few of the reader’s thoughts and reactions
Now you maybe think 'of course she says that, but I still have no clue what she is talking about.'
Well, am I right? I am not physic, the reason I know that is because I have been there before, and have thought the same thing at one or two points in my life.
Look over the notes listed below and they will help you out, but if you need more help just let me know. Like I said before I'm not physic. :)
Notes on Annotating
- Read the text all the way through before marking it. Only circle unfamiliar vocabulary.
- Highlighting or underlining is alight to do when you are marking key words/phrases or the main idea, but don't get to carried away.
*over-reliance on highlighting is unwise for two reasons. First, there is a tendency to highlight more information than necessary, especially when done on a first reading. Second, highlighting is the least active form of annotating. Instead of being a way to begin thinking and interacting with ideas in texts, highlighting can become a postponement of that process.
- Paraphrasing/Summary of the main idea. Basically you are going beyond locating important ideas, "highlighting" to being able to capture their meaning through paraphrase is a way of solidifying your understanding of these ideas.
* A series of brief notes in the margins beside important ideas gives you a handy summary right on the pages of the text itself, and if you can take the substance of a sentence or paragraph and condense it into a few words, you should have little trouble clearly demonstrating your understanding of the ideas in question in your own writing
- Comment and responses.
- You can use annotation to go beyond understanding a text’s meaning and organization by noting your reactions–agreement/disagreement, questions, related personal experience, connection to ideas from other texts, class discussions, etc. This is an excellent way to begin formulating your own ideas for writing assignments based on the text or on any of the ideas it contains.
*This is one of my favorite ways to annotate a text. This way you are always thinking about what is going on and trying to find more information. You can even write questions in the margins of books to remind yourself of facts that you thought were interesting.
Sample Texts
You can look at samples of annotated texts using the links found below.
http://faculty.bucks.edu/specpop/annotate-ex.htm
http://www.gpisd.org/cms/lib01/TX01001872/Centricity/Domain/1042/Annotating%20Hints%20and%20Examples.pdf
http://faculty.bucks.edu/specpop/annotate-ex.htm
http://www.gpisd.org/cms/lib01/TX01001872/Centricity/Domain/1042/Annotating%20Hints%20and%20Examples.pdf
Tools for Annotating
The links below are interactive tools to help you to be able to annotate a text. These link can also help in other classes so take a look at them and give them a try.
http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=127&title=
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/graffiti/
http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=127&title=
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/graffiti/