Annotations


When making annotations, I make sure to highlight words or phrases that I know I’ll want to look back on. Sometimes I will also star or underline points that I think are important or will be discussed. I also like to rewrite sentences and phrases to either make them more accessible to me or so I remember them. One thing I also make sure to do is rewrite a sentence if I want to look at it more in depth or I need to understand it better. Most often, especially at times when I really get into a reading, I will draw arrows to connect ideas. One strategy I use when I annotate is figuring out which topic may be discussed more than others in the reading and which parts are more important. When talking to Akia, she circles the main topics of the discussion, highlights any statement that seems opinionated, and underlines any statement that she thinks contradicts previous statements.

 During this assignment I learned that there are a lot of smart and useful tips that can be used when making annotations. I realized that most of my classmates use the same techniques as me but there are some who use other, helpful techniques. Usually I would just highlight and rewrite but now it seems like it will be useful to include more marks and symbols. 
Annotating is a valuable habit to start because not only does it make reading more understandable but it also allows the reader to pick out important parts of a reading. These tips are especially useful for in-class discussions or writing an essay. Annotating takes one long, maybe boring, and condenses it into something shorter and more comprehensible.




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