University:
Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools
Course:
English IV
Academic year:

2013
Views:

405

Pages:

1
Author:

solereob9u

HOW TO ANNOTATE NONFICTION BEFORE READING CIRCLE title. ● Identify information about the author, source, and publication date. ● TURN all subheadings into questions, ● CIRCLE all text features ( bullets, subheadings, pictures, graphs, diagrams etc) ● Identify the topic/subject , any Background Information about the topic ● HIGHLIGHT any repetition, Author’s Bias, restatement, and rhetorical questions ● UNDERLINE cause and effect, compare-contrast, chronological, etc.) ● ANSWER questions you created from subheadings ● Put (PARENTHESESE) around vocabulary ● Summarize paragraphs, Make predictions, Formulate opinions (agree or disagree with the author), Make connections ● Ask questions (Clarify/Connect/Conclude) ● Analyze author’s point of view ● Write reflections/reactions/comments AFTER READING  Author’s purpose, message to the readers, your opinion  Go back and ANSWER your questions and write a reflection on the significance of the title.