RULES OF NOTICERULES OF NOTICE

Annotating TextsAnnotating Texts

Using the Rules of Notice to guide Using the Rules of Notice to guide you, annotate a passage from your you, annotate a passage from your book. It should be at least 20 lines book. It should be at least 20 lines long. Mr. Nauss usually chooses long. Mr. Nauss usually chooses this.this.Copy the passage carefully into Copy the passage carefully into your notebook using your pen – your notebook using your pen – double-spaceddouble-spaced. I will copy one for . I will copy one for you when I can you when I can

Annotate the PassageAnnotate the Passage

Reading and

Viewing

Reading isThinking

Rules of Notice

Elements of Fiction

What is important about this passage? Why this passage is “something to be noticed”?

What does this passage show you about the setting, plot, characters, theme, literary devices, etc…

What are you thinking when you read this passage? Questions, connections, definitions, visualizations, statements, etc…

What to Include…What to Include…Can you put “annotating” in your own Can you put “annotating” in your own words?words?

Passage from your book – why important?Passage from your book – why important?

Reflection:Reflection:– What realization or deeper understanding What realization or deeper understanding

about your book did you come to from about your book did you come to from doing your close reading?doing your close reading?

– Thinking of this passage, and of your book Thinking of this passage, and of your book as a hold, answer the following question: as a hold, answer the following question: How does this story help you to make How does this story help you to make sense of the world?sense of the world?

Level 1- External from your brainLevel 1- External from your brain

Titles, Beginnings, EndingsTitles, Beginnings, Endings

RepetitionRepetition

Comparison/ContrastComparison/Contrast

Font SizeFont Size

Unexpected EventsUnexpected Events

Character ResponseCharacter Response

Visuals – Graphic depictionsVisuals – Graphic depictions

Level 2 – Your Personal ThinkingLevel 2 – Your Personal Thinking

11stst read thoughts and impressions read thoughts and impressions

QuestionsQuestions

ConnectionsConnections

PredictionsPredictions

Inferences (including cause/effect)Inferences (including cause/effect)

Patterns and Motifs Patterns and Motifs

Level 3 (Def-Con 3!) Highest Alert Level 3 (Def-Con 3!) Highest Alert Level – Brain must be ready!!Level – Brain must be ready!!

Notice story structure and elements of Notice story structure and elements of fictionfictionConflict and complicationsConflict and complicationsCharacter (development and CharacteristicsCharacter (development and CharacteristicsRising Action (plot development)Rising Action (plot development)ClimaxClimaxAuthor Technique Author Technique Figurative Language (especially poetry) (Ex. Figurative Language (especially poetry) (Ex. Irony, symbolism, foreshadowing, metaphor)Irony, symbolism, foreshadowing, metaphor)Overall “function” of the passage itself. What if it Overall “function” of the passage itself. What if it were “cut out” of the larger text. Would it were “cut out” of the larger text. Would it matter?matter?

Materials Needed for the Job!Materials Needed for the Job!1. Highlighter (varied colours if 1. Highlighter (varied colours if possiblepossible2. Pens (varied colours if possible)2. Pens (varied colours if possible)3. Pencil3. Pencil4. Coloured pencil – yes they really 4. Coloured pencil – yes they really work!work!5. Other??? Can you think of any that 5. Other??? Can you think of any that will not cover text in a negative will not cover text in a negative way?? Bring them!!way?? Bring them!!

So how do we do this?So how do we do this?

Underline, star, highlight, box, circle whatever words, phrases, or sentences that catch your attention.

Write brief comments in the margins

What sorts of things do we look What sorts of things do we look for again? (table style)for again? (table style)

Alliteration oxymoron

Allusion paradox

Ambiguityparallel construction

Archetypes pattern

Assonance personification

characterization prose

denotation/connotation

rhetorical question

diction rhyme

epic poetry setting

Euphemism simile

first person point of view

soliloquy

Are there more? Yes!!Are there more? Yes!!Foreshadowing

stream of consciousness

free verse style-formal, informal

hyperbole symbolism

Imagery synesthesia

interior monologue syntax

irony-dramatic, verbal, situational

third person limited

lyric poetrythird person omniscient

metaphor time shifts

meter repetition tone

narrative poetry tragedy

naturalistic detail understatement

onomatopoeia  

Why oh Why?????Why oh Why?????Annotating makes you think carefully Annotating makes you think carefully about what you are reading. Reading is about what you are reading. Reading is thinking!! You are “extending” this thinking!! You are “extending” this thinking by making notesthinking by making notes

Annotating can help you make decisions Annotating can help you make decisions about what is importantabout what is important

It is a great tool for writing about It is a great tool for writing about literature, for example, commentaries, literature, for example, commentaries, essays, short answers, paragraph essays, short answers, paragraph responses, etc.responses, etc.

What does it Look Like?What does it Look Like?

Any questions?Any questions?

This should be stressed all the way This should be stressed all the way through high schoolthrough high school

You should employ it at all times You should employ it at all times wherever possible. wherever possible.

You will not only look smarter but You will not only look smarter but your mark should reflect this work your mark should reflect this work you do.you do.