Annotation Instructions with Lenses

What is Annotating?

What this IS:

• Making notes as you read

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• Showing your thinking

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• Talking to the text

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• Understanding important words

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What to WRITE:

• Reader Response Lens (yellow)

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• Feminist Lens (red)

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• Marxist Lens (green)

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• Post-Colonial Lens (brown)

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• Opinions/Reactions (purple)

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What this IS NOT:

• You do NOT need full sentences

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• Do NOT worry about grammar

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• Neatness does NOT count (as long as you can read it later)

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Why we do this:

• Keep our minds working.

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• Show what we are thinking.

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• Clarify or help us understand.

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How to Annotate

After you read a sentence that you want to annotate on a Writng Partners document:

• Click on a highlighting color (top-left, icon looks like a highlighter)

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• Click once to highlight the sentence

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• Double-click on that same sentence to get a box for commenting

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• Write one of the 5 kinds of commenting in the top box

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• Follow the sentence starters below for what to write in the bottom box

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The BEST Annotations are A LOT of Annotations!!!

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DMU Timestamp: October 17, 2024 20:24

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