Annolighting Text

http://www.farr-integratingit.net/Theory/ReadingStrategies/Annolighting%20a%20text.pdf
 What is it?
• Highlighting important text in reading and
making thoughtful annotations (comments)
about that text
 Goals
• Capture main ideas / key concepts /
details of a reading
• Target, reduce and distill the needed
information from a text
• Cut down on study and review time when
you return to the material increasing your
effective and efficient use of time and
effort
• Strengthen your reading comprehension
 Steps
• Choose a framework for your highlighting
– What is the purpose of this highlighting?
• Are you looking for main ideas?
• Are you looking for supportive evidence?
• Are you defining vocabulary?
• Are you analyzing a process?
• Read text through once without
highlighting anything.
 Steps
• Use “Telegraphic highlighting”
– Eliminate every unnecessary word in a
sentence
– Only highlight the IMPORTANT words
• Use different colors to help sort
information
– For instance, use blue for main points, yellow
for supporting evidence, etc.
 Steps
• Once the highlighting is complete, reread
the highlighted portions and create
annotations
– Beside the text, write your thoughts
– Does this information connect with anything
else you know?
 Example
• http://www.farr-integratingit.net/Theory/Re
adingStrategies/Annolighting%20a%20text
.pdf