Name: _____________________________________ Date: ________________________ Pd: ___________

What is Annotating?
Annotation is _________________ with your text and __________________
________________ in what you read as you read it.
Annotation: The _______________ of writing ________________ on a text as a way to
further the reader's _______________________ or identify areas of
___________________.

General Guidelines for Annotating

1) At the top of the page, mark ___________________ _____________ events
2) Circle any ________________ words and use ______________ _________ to write definition
in the margin
3) Highlight and mark any _________________ that occur with the ____________ character
4) Highlight and mark words and phrases that _________________the __________________of
characters
5) Highlight and mark for yourself any _____________________(note in the margin what
ideas/concepts these tangible items may ________________)
6) Don't mark too much. If you mark ___________________, nothing will stand out!
7) Once you are done reading and annotating- determine the ____________ and find
supporting __________________ throughout the text
Note the Significance! Like what?
Write down the points that are the most significant to you when thinking of annotation:
For example: Note literary terms

1.

Why Annotate?
First: _________________________________________________________________________

2. Second: ______________________________________________________________________
3. Third: ________________________________________________________________________

Annotation Cheat Sheet

b/c
= because
+
= and
w/
= with
w/o
= without
b/t
= between
e.g. = for example
ex
= example
info = information
b4
= before

= increase, improvement, rising

= decrease, decline, falling

*
= important
**
= very important

= Utmost importance, crucial to

understanding

= change

Plot= plot item- use one of the following:

EXP: exposition
TP: turning point
CF: conflict
RA: rising action
CX: climax
FA: falling action
RES: resolution
CH: characterization
S: setting
POV: point of view
TH: Theme
LT: literary term (identify by name- irony,
tone, foreshadowing, personification,
metaphor, symbol)

Name: _____________________________________ Date: ________________________ Pd: ___________

Name: _____________________________________ Date: ________________________ Pd: ___________

Name: _____________________________________ Date: ________________________ Pd: ___________

Name: _____________________________________ Date: ________________________ Pd: ___________

Eleven Text Dependent Questions

Directions: AFTER you have read and annotated the story Eleven by Sandra Cisneros
1) On pg. 1 the author stated, "Only today I wish I didn't have only eleven years rattling
inside me like pennies in a tin can." What does this figurative language mean and
how does it affect the tone of the text?
______________________________________________________________________________________
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2)

Reread the first four paragraphs and note how many times the author starts a
sentence with the word "and." Why does the author make this choice?
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3)

Why does Rachel feel that Mrs. price is "right"? Give evidence from the text to
support your answer.
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4)

How does Rachel feel about the sweater? Include evidence from the text to support
your answer.
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5)

Identify each time Rachel claims, "not mine." Why does the author repeat this refrain
throughout the story and how does it affect the overall meaning and tone of the text?
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6)

In paragraph 5 and the last paragraph, Rachel says she wants to be 102. In each
instance, why does Rachel want to be 102?
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7) How has Rachel grown older today? Include evidence from the text to support your
answer.
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