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How to annotate an article. Annotating . What is annotating?. Annotating is pointing out the most important information in an article. What should I annotate?. You should point out the most important information in the article. Including: names, dates, titles, main points, etc.
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How to annotate an article Annotating
What is annotating? • Annotating is pointing out the most important information in an article.
What should I annotate? • You should point out the most important information in the article. • Including: names, dates, titles, main points, etc.
How do I annotate? • Highlight the main ideas • Circle words that you don’t understand • Underline important names/dates
Highlighting • Highlight the most important information. Next to every line that you highlight, write an explanation to what the highlighted area means.
circling • Circle words that you don’t understand. • Next to the circled word, write the definition.
underlining • Underline important names of people and the dates of important events.
How does annotating help your learning? • Annotating helps you understand the overall meaning of the article. • If you have to write a summary about an article, you have the annotated information to help you.