It's a good way to make notes on the text.You can do a deep read of the book, where you write down your thoughts on the text.You can try to deepen your reading experience by adding annotations to a book.Pick your tool.If you want your notes to be easy to review later, you need to focus on the words in the book.
Step 1: Use a pen or pencil.
One of the easiest ways to modify a book is to use a pen or pencil directly on the text.A light blue or orange color is easy to read on the page.The yellow shade would work as well.It's easy to read a pen in a dark color.You don't want to end up with highlighted pages that are hard to read if you stick to one highlighter color.If it's okay for you to mark up the text, choose the pen or pencil option.
Step 2: If you can't mark up the book, use sticky notes.
If you prefer not to mark the book's pages, sticky notes or sticky tabs are a good option.As part of your annotations, get colored sticky notes or tabs to mark pages.There are different colors of sticky notes and tabs.Colored notes and tabs can be used to make annotations in the book.
Step 3: Try to use an electronic program.
There are several different programs you can download if you are annotating a book on an eReader.Skim and Marvin make it easy to add annotations to a text.You can use your eReader to download electronic programs.
Step 4: Distractions should be removed.
You can go to the library or a study hall at school.If you are at home, close the door and let people know you're not there.
Step 5: Don't read the book fast.
You need to read the book slowly and take your time.Pay attention to the text.Think about a passage in the text before moving on.You will not miss anything if you move slowly through the text.
Step 6: Key phrases are underline.
To start, highlight any phrases that are important to you.Key phrases can be found at the end of a sentence.They can also appear after a colon.Phrases that appear several times in the text are important.Don't highlight phrases that seem important in the text.It will be difficult for you to decide which ones are important, so you don't want to end up with pages of them.You can also highlight phrases that interest you.If a sentence stands out to you, underline it so you can return to it later.
Step 7: Key words can be circle or box.
There are words that seem important to the author.You can circle words that connect back to the main idea.You can draw a box around words that are repeated in the book.You can circle or box the word "power" if you notice it in the text.As you read the text, the author may tell you to keep certain words in mind.You should circle or box these words in your annotations.
Step 8: The brackets hold the key sections.
If you feel several lines in a section are important, use brackets in the text.Pick only a few lines or short sections of the text.It can be difficult to return to the annotations later and get a clear sense of why you noted the section.If there is a section that focuses on a particular case study in the text you find interesting or important, you can use a brackets on the margins.
Step 9: Make a list of words you don't know.
Keep a running list of words that you don't know.At the end of the text, write them down on a separate piece of paper.Look up the terms so you know what they mean.Consider where the term appears in the book.If you don't have a dictionary, you will not be able to look up terms quickly.
Step 10: There is a book in the margins.
As you read the text, write down your thoughts and reflections in the margins.You can mark your thoughts with one or two words.As they come, you can write down short phrases in the margins.As you read, ask yourself questions such as, "What is the author trying to tell me as the reader?"Why is it in the text?How do I respond to the text?
Step 11: You can make a list of questions.
Write down any questions you have about the text.You can place them in the margins or at the bottom of the page.Questions about words and phrases that are confusing you.Do you agree with or find hard to follow some ideas?You can ask questions like, "Why did the author include this example in the book?"What is the goal of the author?The author is trying to say something.If you want the questions to fit into the margins, you can put a question mark next to the passages you don't understand.You could ask the question, "Goal of the author?"What is being said?To keep them short.You can keep the questions separate from the rest of the book by keeping a notebook or piece of paper.
Step 12: Link ideas with arrows.
There are ideas and themes in the text.You can circle key words on the same page and link them together with arrows.An arrow can be drawn to another passage further down the page.You can think critically about the text by linking ideas.Your annotations and notes will be deepened by it.
Step 13: Each section should be summarized at the bottom of the page.
Once you have finished a section of the book, try to keep the main thoughts and ideas to a few key words.The key words should be written at the bottom of the page.You can keep your summaries in a separate notebook or piece of paper so the margins don't become cluttered with your notes.