Learning Outcome 3

Throughout reading articles, I would annotate while reading it. It helped me understand the text better. White annotating other people’s articles, I would always write my ideas and thoughts in the margins. I would make a list on what to look for and write questions or statements, and ideas that come to mind. Gilroy states, “Mark up the margins of your text with words and phrases: ideas that occur to you, notes about things that seem important to you, reminders of how issues in a text may connect with class discussion or course themes….” I would also underline the thesis and main points of the body paragraphs in my own words and my thoughts about it. With YoYoMa and Lehrer, I annotated a lot within the articles and marked up a variety of things. Like Gilroy said, it’s like having a conversation with the author itself to find your own meaning out of it. I would look for certain sentences that were important to remember and take note of. The sentences that stood out to me were the author’s point that I agreed with or made me think/curious. I’d circle words that I didn’t understand and would look it up to gain better knowledge. Annotating is a type of process that makes the reader have a deeper understanding of the concepts of the article. It’s a great reading strategy to make conclusions to the author’s ideas and points. I annotate to make the reading more enjoyable, meaningful, and descriptive. Summarizing texts (various sentences) was also a good technique to memorize phrases. It helped me remember key information and would help me write essays in class.  Gilroy referenced our ability to “interrogate” readings, which is what I do. I ask questions and make inferences/predictions while reading which is how my brain works to retain information.