Talk to the Text (T4)
Talking to the text is a way for readers to actively engage with a text. By actively engaging with a text, readers are better prepared to learn and comprehend from a text. Talking to the text enhances understanding of a text and invites the reader to insert his her opinions, emotions, and observations into the text. The button below will take you to a basic walk-through of Talking to the Text, and the link below that will take you to a prezi that thoroughly demonstrates what Talking to the Text will look like.
Annotated Reading Strategies
Listed below are a number of strategies that you should use when actively reading. Using these strategies while reading will help you to better understand the text and see deeper connections within the text.
- Underlining
- Highlighting
- Take notes
- **Star key points or ideas**
- Circle/box key ideas
- Use Colors
- Draw arrows ------>
- Use note cards to organize thoughts
- Write in the margins
- Re-read text
- Summarize
- Ask questions (?)
- Use symbols
- Restate main ideas
- Identify and define unknown terms
- Read with a pen/pencil in hand
- Summarize the chapter
- Have a conversation with the author (figuratively)
- Make textual connections (t-t, t-s, t-w, t-h)
- Draw pictures
- Use sticky notes
- Fold page corners
- Use numbers to sequence events
- Use brackets
- Cross-out unnecessary information
- Make predictions
- Annotate
- Create a timeline
- Read Aloud
- Identify points of difficulty
- Use question marks
- Identify central ideas
- Write your own table of contents
- Speed read after reading thoroughly
- Use the glossary
- Create a list of key words
- Use bullet points
- Reword