Annotating and Other Close Reading Skills
Throughout your academic careers, you been assigned all sorts of reading from teachers of every class. Some of these readings may have been from textbooks, packets, novels, or worksheets. As you finish middle school and enter high school, the amount of reading and its difficulty are going to increase as you become more mature and capable of taking on new challenges. You'll soon find that taking notes or annotating directly on the text can not only help you get more out of the reading, but can also help you stay on track and focused if you start to get bored.
Below is a video on how to annotate a short reading assignment. While you watch, look for the ways in which the instructor writes directly on her text. How does the instructor say that writing questions in the margins can help? What should you do with those questions? Can you see any ways that you could apply these annotating skills to a book you're reading now?
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