Language arts review

Question 1

Your annotations should not consist only of underlined and highlighted text, therefore

Answer 1

It is important you make notes in the margins.

Question 2

What do you use to mark important ideas and details?

Answer 2

punctuation marks such as stars, arrows, question marks, check marks and brackets

Question 3

What do you do after reading a paragraph?

Answer 3

Paraphrase each paragraph and offer an analysis of what is happening in the text.

Question 4

What should you note in the story?

Answer 4

Note characters, setting, conflicts, symbols, main idea, unfamiliar words, repetition. Also make note of the narrator and point of view.

Question 5

What do you compare and contrast?

Answer 5

words, phrases, and key details.

Question 6

What do you do in the margins?

Answer 6

Make connections between ideas and paraphrase. Also, Write any questions you have in the margins and Highlight key details you think are important and explain.

Question 7

What do you underline?

Answer 7

literary devices metaphors, imagery, similes, symbolism, etc; words and phrases that create tone.

Question 8

What do you do after you finish reading?

Answer 8

spend a few minutes reflecting on the ending and what you think it might mean. Write those thoughts and summarize the main idea.