Note Taking
When you take notes while reading, it's call annotating.
Some teachers will have you fold a piece of paper into 8 sections (or draw eight section in your notebook) or they will have you use two-column notes which are also called Cornell notes.
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Doodle: Jot images that pop into your head while you’re reading
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Big Ideas: Jot down the big things that are happening
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Questions: Jot down the questions that pop into your head
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Hashtags: Jot down short and fun summaries and reactions about what you’re reading (#ohnoshedidn’t, #badidea, etc)
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Conflict: Jot down the problems that are happening
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Motivations: Jot down WHY a character or author is doing something
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Reactions: Jot down HOW what you’re reading makes you feel and WHY.
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Cause and Effect: Jot down what is happening and why.
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Quotes: Jot down significant and meaningful quotes.
(source: https://www.teachingintentionally.com/blog/annotationreadingstrategy)
The Learning Center - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
