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How do I annotate a article?

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How do I annotate a article?

To summarize how you will annotate text:

  1. Identify the BIG IDEA.
  2. Underline topic sentences or main ideas.
  3. Connect ideas with arrows.
  4. Ask questions.
  5. Add personal notes.
  6. Define technical words.

What are the 5 annotation strategies?

Here are 5 things that we can ask students to do while they annotate and why those strategies are important.

  • Ask Questions. Students can ask questions like the following: Where are you confused?
  • Add personal responses.
  • Draw pictures and/or symbols.
  • Mark things that are important.
  • Summarize what you’ve read.

What should I look for when annotating?

What to Look For

  • Questions. Jot down any questions that come to mind as you read.
  • Recurring Themes or Symbols.
  • Your Favorite Quotes or Passages.
  • Unfamiliar Words.
  • Connections to Other Texts.
  • Connections to the Real World.

What are three ways to annotate an article?

  1. HIGHLIGHTING/UNDERLINING. Highlighting or underlining key words and phrases or major ideas is the most common form of annotating texts.
  2. PARAPHRASE/SUMMARY OF MAIN IDEAS.
  3. DESCRIPTIVE OUTLINE.
  4. COMMENTS/RESPONSES.

How do you annotate text examples?

How do you annotate?

  1. Summarize key points in your own words.
  2. Circle key concepts and phrases.
  3. Write brief comments and questions in the margins.
  4. Use abbreviations and symbols.
  5. Highlight/underline.
  6. Use comment and highlight features built into pdfs, online/digital textbooks, or other apps and browser add-ons.

Can you annotate pdfs?

How to annotate PDF files: Open a PDF in Acrobat and select the Comment tool. Add PDF annotations to your file. You can add text boxes and sticky notes, underline text, strikethrough content, highlight text, and more.

What is the first step in annotating?

Identify the main thesis. Underline the thesis (the main argument or viewpoint, one or two sentences) and write it in your own words in the margin. Continue reading the first sentence or two of the body paragraphs. Highlight the point of each paragraph and summarize it in the margin in your own words.

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