Annotating Texts
Grade 7β’45 minutes
Learning Objective
I can actively read and annotate a text to improve my comprehension.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 7 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. Explain the importance of identifying your purpose for reading before you begin annotating a text. How does your purpose affect the way you interact with the text?
2. Describe three different annotation techniques discussed in the video that can help improve reading comprehension.
3. Imagine you are reading an article about climate change. Give an example of a question you might ask yourself while reading to critically analyze the author's claims.
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