Annotating Text, examples, teacher instructions, Annotation Middle & High School

Annotating Text, examples, teacher instructions, Annotation Middle & High School Using a yellow highlighter has become an annotation staple for high school students. Is this the best way to mark up a textbook or novel? Studies have shown that highlighters hinder retention and comprehension.

Simple highlighting encourages a passive reading style rather than an active one. Students do not engage critically with the text when annotating with a simple highlighter. They are trying to absorb it all without really understanding it. So what is the alternative? A better way to annotate is to try my Interpretive Note-taking/Annotation, where a series of suggestions prompt students.

CUSTOMER COMMENTS:

• When I explained that this annotation style can/will replace compositions at times throughout our year, my sophomores actually cheered! But truthfully, this is really helpful. I find kids using the techniques in other content area classes.
• This is my new favorite annotation go-to!
• I'm really enjoying this annotation resource with my seniors and I believe it will be very helpful to them when they transition to college.

Use with any text and includes student examples.

INCLUDED IN THIS PRODUCT ARE THE FOLLOWING:

✺ 18 INDIVIDUAL PROMPTS IN SLIDES AND PRINT.

✺ 18 GROUP PROMPTS IN SLIDES AND PRINT.

✺ 26 LITERARY TERMS OR RHETORICAL DEVICES LISTED AND DEFINED IN SLIDES AND PRINT.

✺ INSTRUCTIONS FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.

✺ 15 PAGES OF STUDENT EXAMPLES! Examples are from my own classes with permission. I find examples help students understand your expectations. The examples are from Genesis One, Two, and Three, and Alexander Pope’s “Eloisa to Abelard.” I have used this poem for several years and the results were outstanding.  My students worked on The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind as well as the poem. The poem is included here, but it is not factored into the price. 

✺ A link to file for students to use interactively through Classroom™ or other online programs.  

✺ Editable instructions for students when using the interactive version.

✺ Information on Google Slides™ for teachers and students.

✺ POPE’S “ELOISA TO ABELARD” IS INCLUDED WITH LINE NUMBERS. 

The poem is a perfect text to annotate! It is here for convenience’s sake. It is not factored into the price.

CHATGPT AND AI ESSAY GENERATION IS THE NEW REALITY

Cheating has unfortunately become an ongoing issue in students’ education. With the development of essay generators like ChatGPT, it is too easy for students to acquire quick and plagiarized essays. Educators should be mindful of this issue when assigning essays, but what to do? There are plenty of alternative projects that foster students’ critical thinking skills effectively! This close reading/annotation product encourages students to take annotation to the next level. This assignment is perfect for assessing their reading comprehension and students retain what they learn. I find this assignment rewarding for my students – a helpful way to study, a unique assignment, and a way to engage visual learners. I am always surprised by their work. A final bonus is that my students’ grades increased by 30% after using this assignment when preparing for exams.

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The ELA Common Core State Standards require students to learn how to read texts carefully:

“As a natural outgrowth of meeting the charge to define college and career readiness, the Standards also lay out a vision of what it means to be a literate person in the twenty-first century. Indeed, the skills and understandings students are expected to demonstrate have wide applicability outside the classroom or workplace. Students who meet the Standards readily undertake the close, attentive reading that is at the heart of understanding and enjoying complex works of literature. They habitually perform the critical reading necessary to pick carefully through the staggering amount of information available today in print and digitally. They actively seek the wide, deep, and thoughtful engagement with high-quality literary and informational texts that builds knowledge, enlarges experience, and broadens worldviews. They reflexively demonstrate the cogent reasoning and use of evidence that is essential to both private deliberation and responsible citizenship in a democratic republic. In short, students who meet the Standards develop the skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening that are the foundation for any creative and purposeful expression in language.” English Language Arts Standards | Home | English Language Arts

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