Annotation strategies

If you are looking for a simple and effective active reading strategy or annotation guide for your classroom, try QUACK marks! The phrase is catchy and students will remember the annotating process with these great simple reference pages. This resource includes a full page (8.5 X11) printable along with a 4-per-page printable. Post in your classroom or at the front of student binders, and also have small sized prints for students to reference! Annotating is a great active reading strategy…

This Annotating Reference Sheets & Bookmarks are perfect for your students to use while they are reading a complex text whether it is literature or nonfiction. With the Common Core and having our students become closer readers, it is important to teach them the definition of annotation and how to annotate. Here is a ditto that reviews the definition of annotation and includes some fun symbols on how to annotate! Included in this product are: 1. Reference sheet for Annotating Text 2…

It's so important to explicitly teach your students how to annotate texts when they are close reading. Anytime we are looking at multiple (or paired passages) students need the skills to know how to mark up and annotate each text. This FREE resource will help them to build these important skills!

Annotation helps students track their thinking as they read in order to reflect on the evolution of their understanding. When applied effectively, the practice of annotation encourages rich interactions between reader & text. It’s an essential close reading strategy that provides many benefits to a young person’s life. Here are some simple ways to teach text annotation in Secondary ELA. Go to thedaringenglishteacher.com to get more helpful tips for teaching middle & high school students.

When it comes to teaching close reading and annotation, is there anything worse than seeing your students mindlessly highlighting for pages and pages with no real understanding of what they're highlighting or why they're highlighting it? The frustrating part is that highlighting indicates that they're trying, but it often shows that they don't understand why.

Getting kids excited about annotating text is a challenge. Using SNOTS not only helps students annotate text, it's engaging and fun.

Discover marks, codes, & abbreviations to support reader annotation. Note-taking alongside annotations allows readers to remember their thoughts.

Using in class discussion is a perfect way to foster critical thinking in high school English classes. Whether it is the Socratic Method...

Students can struggle with reading for a variety of reasons: rich vocabulary, lack of background knowledge, the author's writing style. To scaffold difficult texts, teach students to annotate through the gradual release process.

As much as I love to read, sometimes I dreaded teaching reading. I was reading by four and everything in language arts came easily to me - it just clicked. When I had students that didn't improve their reading with my strategies, I didn't understand why. Now that I am working with my son, I am un