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Note: This course has been created for you to be able to fulfill your specific learning objectives FAQ and Student Learning Objectives.
*When you annotate for this class, please, take notes.*
The goal of taking notes/annotating is to deepen your understanding and broaden your perspective
***[click to see our level 4 learning outcome goals]***
Derive [infer / guess] the probable meaning of a few unknown words from short, familiar contexts
Extract relevant details in everyday letters, brochures, and short official documents
Extract the key details from simple informational materials
Generally understand details of events, feelings and wishes in letters, emails and online postings
Identify different types of supporting details in a simple academic text, to answer specific questions
Make basic inferences or predictions about text content from headings, titles, or headlines
Make simple inferences based on information given in a short article
Recognize contrasting ideas in a structured text when signaled by discourse markers
Recognize the writer's point of view in a structured text
Synthesize [compare, contrast , anaylzie] information from two or more basic texts, if guided by questions
Take basic notes on a text about a familiar topic in their field of study
Understand basic types of standard letters and emails on familiar topics
Understand cause and effect relationships in a structured text
Understand the main idea of a passage using textual clues
Understand the relationship between a main point and an example in a structured text
Simply put, annotating is a method to help us think clearer while we read.
Goal:
To identify important information and record your ideas about its ideas, claims, and writing style. This serves as a foundation for a basic understanding of the text.
Benefits:
Improves reading comprehension
Information for later study. Eliminates the need to re-read all the material
Builds personal reflection, analysis, and insight
Aids focus, creates a personalized and engaging environment
When do I annotate?
We annotate when we are :
Trying to find new ideas to add to what we already know about the topic
Connect ideas
Looking for unknown new phrases or terms
Opportunity to deepen your understanding - listing time line,
Dissagreements, agreemeents....
With so many different systems available, you can also create your own method.
A Few Pro Tips:
Write in the margin or on a sepearte note pad
Keep the system uniform [by using the same symbols and methods]
What does it mean to Infer?
"inference: the act or process of inferring. specifically : the act of passing from one proposition, statement, or judgment considered as true to another whose truth is believed to follow logically from that of the former." Merriam Webster- Inference
Student Learning Objectives - On Inferences
Derive [infer / guess] the probable meaning of a few unknown words from short, familiar contexts
Make basic inferences or predictions about text content from headings, titles, or headlines
Make simple inferences based on information given in a short article
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