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An effective reader engages actively with a text through strategies like annotation. Annotation involves making notes directly on the text to understand and think critically about it. Notes in margins and between lines prepare the reader for discussion and writing assignments. The document instructs the reader to annotate an article about growth mindset by circling unfamiliar words, underlining meaningful quotes and noting their significance, summarizing each paragraph, and writing comments or questions about the content.

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An effective reader engages actively with a text through strategies like annotation. Annotation involves making notes directly on the text to understand and think critically about it. Notes in margins and between lines prepare the reader for discussion and writing assignments. The document instructs the reader to annotate an article about growth mindset by circling unfamiliar words, underlining meaningful quotes and noting their significance, summarizing each paragraph, and writing comments or questions about the content.

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English 902: Unit 2.

1 Active Reading Annotating


Assignment Background: An effective reader slows down to understand and engage with a text through
active reading. Thus, instead of passively receiving a texts content, the reader works to make meaning
and think critically. One powerful active reading strategy is called annotation.
Annotate a text by making notes directly on the page you are readingwrite your notes in the margins
and between the lines. Annotating will prepare you for in-class discussion and writing assignments. In
fact, make sure to revisit your annotations before discussing or writing about a text!
Task: Using the four strategies below, annotate your Growth Mindset article as you are reading. When
you are finished, review your annotations, and, in discussion with a partner, reflect on how the process of
annotating helped you understand the article.
1. Circle words you have not seen before as well as those words you would like to understand
better. Look up definitions for these words in a college-level dictionarypreferably the Oxford
English Dictionary. Write the most relevant definitions and synonyms next to the word.
2. Underline the most meaningful quotes in each paragraph. In the margin next to the quote,
write a brief note to yourself explaining why the quote is significant.
3. In a very short sentence, summarize the main idea of each paragraph in the margin next to that
paragraph.
4. Talk back to the text by writing down any comments or questions you have about the
readingask a question about content in the text you do not understand, and/or write a comment
about ideas you do not agree with.
Below is an example of an annotated paragraph:

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