Annotating the text - YES writing in your book!!!Definition of annotate: to add critical or explanatory notes to a text (Encarta Dictionary)
Synonyms: add footnotes to, interpret, explain, make notes on, comment on.
On Monday I gave each of my students their own copy of Old Yeller by Fred Gipson. They were all very excited!! I then told them that they were allowed to write in their book. This got them even more excited... and a visit from the annotation King (my husband) today continued the excitement. He brought in an eclectic collection of books (KISS, Calvin & Hobbs, HTML) to show his style of annotation. I’m looking forward to seeing my students grow as annotators and may those annotations help them grow as thinkers, readers, and learners!!
Tell me... do you write in your books??
Fantastic! I've always been a marginalier (?) and annotate-er, and post-it-note-er. It's one of the few ways that I can capture my thoughts immediately.
ReplyDeleteThe process helps me think, read, and learn!