Critical Annotation

Forming your own opinions and coming up with new ideas in response to your reading are very
important parts of the reading process, but you need to learn how to produce these reactions. As you
read, plan to record your notes on a separate piece of paper.

Instructions:
First, create two columns. Then, as you read, write the author’s main ideas on the left
and your reactions to those ideas on the right side of the page. Be prepared to explain the connection
between your notes and the material you’ve read.

Each Chapter at least 5 points

Example:

Author’s Main Ideas A Student’s Reactions

White drove 200 miles to this bookstore. That’s a long way to drive to a bookstore.

The bookstore was in Micanopy. I found out Micanopy is in Florida.

The bookstore smelled like old books. That’s a distinctive smell that anyone can recognize.

Books were stacked everywhere. I can tell the character of the bookstore and the bookstore
owner from this detail.

A wisteria plant was crawling around the the bookstore. This living plant is a nice contrast to the nonliving books
in bookstore.