When classes first started, I felt very uncomfortable marking up the text, because in the past marking up the text is a sin. However, I have become more comfortable annotating and have started writing better notes in the margin. In the beginning, I had only written notes that were for understanding and it did help me later on what the text was about. Although as time went by, I began writing questions, relating the text to different things, as well as challenging the the text. Compared to the first set of annotations, I think that I have made less notes on understanding and beginning to do more of a variety of notes.

This was the annotation made for the reading for Robin Marantz Henig’s “What Is It about 20-Somethings?” (Present)

The annotations made for Daniel Gilbert’s “Reporting Live from Tomorrow” (Past)

Overall, I think that I have improved on my skills to annotate a text. I am now able to note on more than notes that are for understanding. Now I can write a variety of annotations and I am not limited to just annotate for understanding. The understanding comments are gone and are now having comments on a drawing the text to something, asking questions, etc.

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