Annotation Strategies for Grade 11 ELA
This worksheet helps Grade 11 students practice effective annotation strategies for deep reading and comprehension of complex texts.
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Annotation Strategies for Grade 11 ELA
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Read the instructions for each section carefully and respond to the questions using your knowledge of annotation techniques. Remember to annotate the provided text samples as instructed.
Read the following excerpt from 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald. As you read, actively annotate the text by underlining key phrases, circling unfamiliar vocabulary, writing questions in the margins, identifying literary devices, and summarizing main ideas in your own words.
In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. 'Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,' he told me, 'just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.' He didn’t say any more, but we’ve always been unusually communicative in a reserved way, and I understood that he meant a great deal more than that. It was an admonition to reserve all judgments, a habit that has had me in good stead not only on the golf course but everywhere else. Reserving judgments is a matter of infinite hope. I am still a little afraid of missing something if I forget that, as my father suggested, and I am still a little afraid of missing something if I forget that, as my father suggested, and I am still a little afraid of missing something if I forget that, as my father suggested, and I am still a little afraid of missing something if I forget that, as my father suggested, and I am still a little afraid of missing something if I forget that, as my father suggested, and I am still a little afraid of missing something if I forget that, as my father suggested.
1. Based on your annotations, what is the narrator's father's main piece of advice? How does this advice influence the narrator's perspective?
2. Identify one literary device you noticed in the passage and explain its effect on the reader. Refer to your annotations.
1. Which of the following is NOT a common purpose of annotation?
To actively engage with the text
To summarize the main points
To make the text look aesthetically pleasing
To identify areas for further inquiry
2. When annotating for literary devices, what might you look for?
Character names
Figurative language
Page numbers
Author's biography
1. Annotating a text can help improve your recall of important details.
True
False
2. It is best to annotate only after you have finished reading the entire text.
True
False
1. When you highlight or underline specific words or phrases, you are identifying .
2. Writing questions in the margins helps you to actively with the text.
Think about your own reading habits. How might incorporating more active annotation strategies improve your comprehension and analysis of complex texts in your ELA class and beyond?