Effective Highlighting Techniques for Improved Reading Engagement
Learn about Annolighting, a method combining highlighting with annotations to enhance reading comprehension. Discover the purpose, main ideas, and techniques for successful highlighting. Remember key tips like not highlighting on the first read, telescoping to focus on essential words, and annotating to reinforce understanding.
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Annolighting What is Annolighting? If done well, highlighting can become a very effective reading tool; if done poorly, it is most likely a waste of a student s time, energy and ink. "Annolighting" a text combines with that help to explain the highlighted words and phrases. effective highlighting marginal annotations
What is the purpose of Annolighting? Sets a purpose for reading that leads to understanding of the big idea (Unit Understanding) Capture main ideas / key concepts / details of a reading Target, reduce and distill the needed information from a text Improve efficiency in reading and reviewing text Strengthen reading comprehension
Chapter 3 Main Ideas/Concepts (A.K.A. What am I highlighting? ) Buck vs. Spitz; the fight for leadership Buck s continued retrogression to a more primitive dog Perrault and Francois as owners
How do I do this? 1. DO NOT Highlight the first time you read! Divide each page into chunks. Skim each chunk and then highlight on the second reading. EVERY TIME YOU HIGHLIGHT YOU NEED TO HAVE A CORRESPONDING ANNOTATION/COMMENT! If you try to highlight the first time you read, you probably will not have a clear understanding of the key ideas/concepts or the important/relevant details. 2. Telescoping: Only highlight necessary words. This means that you should RARELY highlight entire sentences. Instead focus on key words and phrases. Eliminate 6-20 words per sentence. You should still be able to make sense of the meaning of the sentence when you re-read these words when you review. 3. As you highlight you will ANNOTATE or have a WRITTEN EXPLANATION for your highlighting in the margins. Your annotations should be clearly related to the purpose of the reading.
