Why Annotations are Important

  

 

Jordan Catapano (TeachHUB.com) Links to an external site. wants you to know:

1. Annotations are a record of your thinking. If you're thinking, make a record of it by writing down what scuttled through your brain.

2. Annotations make remembering your thoughts much easier. In fact, you don't even have to remember what you thought--the paper will remember.

3. The act of annotating is a physical interaction with the text. Because you're interacting with the text with both your hands and your eyes, the multisensory experience makes a much stronger imprint on your mind.

4. Annotation is appropriate for ANY subject. It's not just an English class skill, it's a reading skill--and reading happens in every course.