Reading
and Annotating Thoughtfully
To help you analyze the layers of meaning in
a text: 1) Read and reread and
reread thoughtfully; take time to reflect on what you read; 2) Annotate
(v.) – to write explanatory or critical notesHow to annotate:
· As
you read, underline important details
· After
reading a few paragraphs or stanzas, go back to what you underlined and write
in the margins, on post-its, strips of paper, or your notebook; write page
numbers on your notes to help you refer back to the parts of the text that you
are noting
· At
the end of a chapter, go back and list what they text made you think, know, and
feel
What to annotate:
· Include
inferences, interpretations, opinions, thoughts, feelings, connections,
questions and/or predictions on:
o
Character
conflict, change, feelings
o
Setting
o
Theme
o
Writing style,
interesting words, parts that make you in awe of the writer and makes you
want to be a writer
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o
Author’s
purpose
o
New facts and
information
o
What you like/dislike
o
Connections to
other parts of the text, a different text, your life, the real world
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· Sentence starters:
o
I notice
o
I wonder
o
I think
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o
I like/dislike
o
This reminds me
of
o
This makes me
feel
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Critical Thinking Questions: As you read, choose a question to
focus on, and take notes to help you answer it.
1.
Is this story fair? Why/why not?
2.
How does this text address the
points of view (perspectives) of other groups, especially those who usually
don’t get to tell their side?
3.
How does this text make you think
about justice in the world?
4.
Whose perspective is missing in this
text? What would it be like if we put it back?
5.
How does this text deal with
individuals and groups? Are the people acting alone and in competition with one
another, or does the text help us imagine people working together?
6.
How does money figure in this text?
7.
Are there groups you belong to in
this text? What do they look like here? If your own groups are missing, what
would they say if they were in the book?
8.
What really hard things are
happening in this text? Are these things happening in the world now? Where?
9.
How different are people allowed to
be in this text? Does it assume everyone is happy and good in the same ways?
10.
If the character in your book has
problems, can you see how those problems are about having or not having money,
struggling with others for power, or being cheated or helped by society’s
rules?
11.
Who has “power” in your text? How
does that power get shown?
12.
At what points do you notice
yourself resisting the book, characters, or author? What does your resistance
say about the book, and what does it say about you?
13.
How does this book help you to think
about social issues you care about or causes you are committed to?
From For a Better World:
Reading and Writing for Social Action by Randy Bomer and Katherine Bomer
Name:
__________________________________________
Class: __________ Reading Reflection and Log
Books I want to read:
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Reading goals:
o
read a
particular genre:
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take
better notes:
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read
more pages a week:
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read
more challenging texts
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other:
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Ideas and goals for writing
reading responses:
o
develop
stronger thesis/focus
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write a
better introduction by
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write a
better conclusion by
o
include and
elaborate on relevant quotations
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other:
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Please
keep a log of your independent reading at home and in school.
Reading
challenge: for this marking period, the
students who read the greatest number of pages will be rewarded (in brain
power)!
Date
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Title and author
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Beginning – end pages (ex. p. 3-36)
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Most thought-provoking note/idea
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Date
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Title and author
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Beginning – end pages (ex. p. 3-36)
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Most thought-provoking note/idea
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