This is an example of what my annotations looked like halfway through the first semester:
https://jmast.uneportfolio.org/2018/10/04/annotation-homework-for-october-4/
When I am active reading I always make sure I include questions, if I am reading something that I do not understand I write out a question so I can ask for clarification in the future.
Second I make sure I write down my understanding of what the author is talking about, by doing this I am able to check in on my understanding as well as be able to use it for when I am writing papers to add the I say.
Third I make sure I write about how different things can relate to what the author is discussing like text to world or text to text and text to self.
Fourth I will challenge what the author says if it goes against what I believe is to be true.
These steps I now always use whenever I am reading for school, this is a large improvement from when I was in high school and the very beginning of the school year, I use to just write a question and not really go into any detail about what I think of the quote.
Here is the link to some of the annotations that I used to help me write my significant writing project.
https://jmast.uneportfolio.org/2018/11/26/literacy-narrative-annotations-10-30/
