2. Pick up your class packet from the front table.
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| "Highlighting and Annotating" from Skills for Open University Study |
- Think critically about Annotation
- Review a sample annotation of a CAT reading
- Work in groups to annotate a second CAT reading
- Reflect on annotation
- On your own, take two minutes to write down what the word "annotation" means to you.
- With a partner, skim the texts below, examining the annotations carefully. Now make a list describing how the editors of the texts are using the annotations. Be prepared to share the list with the class. (15 minutes)
Romeo and Juliet 1
Romeo and Juliet 2
-touches us emotionally (it makes us happy or sad, for example),On your own, come up with one example of a text, movie, photo, etc. that did any of these things to you. We will share your connections with the class. (10 minutes)
-reminds us of past experience,
-teaches us something new,
-changes our perspective on an issue,
-helps us see the world through someone else's experience.
II. Annotating
- On your own, review "Annotating" on page 1 of your packet (5-7 minutes). On a piece of paper, write down for two minutes to answer these questions: Which of the ideas makes sense to you? Which do not? Why? Which do you think you could use in your own writing? Why?
- On your own, read the sample CAT reading "How to Do One Thing at a Time" on page 10 of the packet and then look at the annotations for it on page 11 (10-15 minutes). On the same piece of paper, write down for two minutes to answer these questions: What in the annotations makes sense to you? What would you do differently? Why?
- With your partner, annotate the sample CAT reading "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" on page 16 of the packet. Be prepared to share your annotations with the class. As a class, we will annotate this reading HERE.
Look over the notes you jotted on the piece of paper. In MSWord, type a brief reflection of what you have learned about annotations that answers the questions below. Paste it HERE. Sign it with your first name or a pseudonym/nickname.
- What did you get from thinking about annotations with the class?
- What did you get from writing annotations for "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" with your partner?
- What did you learn about the reading by annotating it?
- How may annotating make you a better writer?
