![]() You might also choose to use sticky notes to capture your ideas-these can be stuck to specific pages for later recall. If you can’t write on the text itself, you can accomplish almost the same thing by taking notes-either by hand (on paper) or e-notes. ![]() Note that I say most-if you have questions about your own institution and plan to sell back any textbooks, be sure to ask at the bookstore before you annotate. In other words, you can annotate a textbook and still sell it back to the bookstore later on if you choose to. Important note: most academic institution bookstores approve of textual annotation and don’t think it decreases a textbook’s value. If you don’t make notes as you go, today’s great observation will likely become tomorrow’s forgotten detail. You might underline important sections, circle words you don’t understand, and use your own set of symbols to highlight portions that you feel are important.Ĭapturing these ideas as they occur to you is important, for they may play a role in not just understanding the text better but also in your college assignments. You can jot down questions and ideas as they come to you. Writing in your texts as you read-annotating them-is a powerful strategy for engaging with a text and entering a discussion with it. But if you want to go for colour coordination, I highly suggest this method.As children, most of us were told never to write in books, but now that you’re an adult student, your instructor will tell you just the opposite. I don’t use colour pens that often, since I like the erasable black pen. This is much the same as method three, but instead of writing in a black pen, you write in the correlating colour pen. I will admit that I barely use this method, also because it takes a lot of time. You can also use this annotation key that I made! You can download it, as well as an annotation guide, for free below! Annotation Method Four: Full House I used it when reading Aurora Rising for the first time, and it was just as fun. Sometimes I use this method for first-reads when I know I’m going to love the book. It’s immensely satisfying to be able to highlight all of the small things you might have missed on a first read. I highlighted so many worldbuilding sections and information that I know now is important because I know how the book ends. I recommend this method especially for books that you reread. (You can download this annotation key below!) So for example, if you want to use green for character moments, you can do that! I often assign different colours to different categories just to mix it up, or if I want the colours to match the book cover better. You can also assign different colours to each category. ![]() You obviously don’t have to use all of these colours. Orange – Important Stuff/Relatable momentsīlue – Sad moments/scenes that make me sad Pink – Romance moments / Friendship moments Red – Scenes that make me angry/things I dislike My basic key for annotating a physical book looks like this: First, let’s go over my key! Annotation Key! For me personally, it depends on the reason why I’m reading a book. You can try them all and see which one works best for you. The first thing you need to know is that there are many possible ways of annotating books for fun. I love annotating fantasy and science fiction books, but my methods work for any book. I know a lot of people annotate books for school or university, but this post is more about annotating for fun. How to Annotate Books! Annotating for Fun! ![]() Hello friends! Today I’m bringing you a follow up on one of my most popular posts – How to Annotate Books for Fun! I love annotating books, so I thought I’d go into some more details in this post and give you all some FREE printables! Let’s dive in! How to Annotate Books for Fun plus FREE Printables!
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