Fictional Text Annotation Toolkit Story Element
Explanation/Meaning
6th Grade Annotation
7th Grade Annotation
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Setting
The time and place the story occurs
Characterization
When you learn something new about a character; character traits
Symbol
When an object represents an idea
Conflict (Internal)
When the character is making a difficult decisions or has mixed emotions
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Conflict (External
Two different, opposing forces in a struggle; an outside problem
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Figurative Language Mood (Positive) Mood (Negative)
Simile, metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, personification, idiom, imagery, allusion A word or phrase that shows positive mood; makes the reader feel positive A word or phrase that shows negative mood; makes the reader feel negative
Foreshadowing
An event that helps you predict what will happen next
Unknown Word
When you don’t know the word
Theme
A life lesson learned; the important message or main idea of the story
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Mood ominous Foreshadowing
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Essential Question
When you find evidence that helps you answer or supports your answer to the essential question
Inference
When you have evidence to make an educated prediction
Point-of-View Key Event
The position or perspective conveyed or represented by an author, narrator, speaker, or character When you notice something extremely important to the plot of the story
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Key Event
Exposition
The beginning of the story, where characters and setting are introduced
Rising Action
Where the problem is introduced and getting worse
Climax
The turning point in the story
Falling Action
The problems are getting solved
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Resolution
The story’s conclusion, where the problems have been solved
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Note
When you have general thoughts, questions, notes, or commentary about what you are reading
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Low Student Annotations
Mid Student Annotations
High Student Annotations
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Arkansas 7
Virginia 7
Social Studies 7 Ms. Ramos Annotation Toolkit
Kentucky 7
Social Studies Annotation Toolkit Think of annotations as “talking” to the text. As you read, you are engaging in a conversation with the text by writing down commentary, notes, and answers to social studiesspecific guiding questions. When annotating in social studies, you should ask and answer the following questions by writing the appropriate symbol on the text along with commentary or notes.
Identification & Understanding
Student Friendly Definition
Example Guiding Questions
Annotation Code
Main Idea
Key information that relates to people, places, things, ideas, events, dates, culture, or decisions and helps students understand the essence of the source
What is the general topic or subject of this? What main idea holds the details together What are some details that support the main idea? What one sentence best conveys the main idea?
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Determine the main idea of the source
Essential Question
Questions that stimulate student thinking/understandin gs and cannot be answered easily
EQ
Determine the essential question of the source Connect understanding across lessons and units
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Identify disadvantages and advantages of a given topic Describe the effect or outcome of a given topic
Effect
Sourcing
What ideas matter? What are overarching concepts that matter most?
What causes are outlined in the source? What are the advantages of … ? The result or consequence of an What are the disadvantages of … ? action, event, idea, or decision (whether What is the effect or result of … ? positive or negative) What is the overall impact or influence of … ? Consider the origins of a document in order to make sense of it
The act of placing events in a proper Contextualization context, such as the setting for an event, statements, or ideas
What type of source is this? When and where was it created? What time period is being reflected? When and where was this created? What was different and the same then? How might the circumstances in which this was created affect its content or meaning? What is the historical context that is reflected in this source?
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Students should be able to…
Determine if the source is primary or secondary
Understand how context/background influences the content or meaning Recognize that some things are products of specific points in time