Learning Target

Annotation Strategy:
I can use sticky notes while
Sticky Notes I read books like Dear
Martin to keep track of my
thinking and help guide
class discussions

Overview of Concepts:

Predict

Question Essential Question

How can we learn by
Craft move
reflecting upon and
Identify vocabulary communicating with
people of the past?
Relate to self

Why Annotate?
Annotation makes it easier
for you to remember what
you were thinking and the
connections you were
making while you were
reading, so that when it
comes time to discuss, you’re
prepared to engage with
your fellow readers about the
text!
Benefit of Sticky
Notes
Sticky Notes are a great way to
easily track moments in the
text that stood out to you
because they double as
places for you to write and
tabs to return to later!
Slow Down
Writing on sticky notes might
slow down your reading at
first, but that’s a strong
indicator that you’re thinking
more deeply about what you
read than you were before!

Let’s Practice!
Today, we are going to listening to Dr. Martin
Luther King’s Speech, “The Other America.”
You will be practicing two of the sticky note
strategies on the next slides. I will play the
audio out loud and you can write on your
sticky notes as you listen/read along. Once
finished, you will share something you wrote
with your group mates and explain why you
chose that strategy.
Please take notes on each of the sticky notes
strategies as I share them!
Sticky Note
Use either PREDICT,
QUESTION, CRAFT MOVE,
IDENTIFY VOCABULARY, or
RELATE TO SELF
Example
King ends his speech with the
craft move “First Step” where
he names an actionable move
for people to take when he
says “The first thing that must
be on our agenda as a nation
is to get rid of racism.”

Predict
A great way to monitor your
comprehension as you read is to make
predictions based on what you read.
Not all of your predictions have to come
true, but it’s a great skill to be able to
assess where a story might be going
based on your understanding of how
the world functions or your familiarity
with recognizing story tropes
Sticky Note
Because [SETUP]
happened, then I believe
[PREDICTION] will happen
based on my understanding
of [CAUSE/EFFECT]
Example
In Black Widow, the movie
begins with a scene depicting
Natasha Romanoff’s troubled
childhood, indicating the
movie have a heavy focus on
moments from her past

Question
Another great strategy of strong readers is
to ask questions generated by what you
read. Some starters to think about how to
ask questions to generate thinking and
discussion are:
- Why are characters behaving a certain
way?
- What rules dictate how the world in the
story function? Are they fair?
- Which characters have more power than
others? Why is that?
Sticky Note
While reading, think about
generating questions using
WHO, WHAT, WHEN,
WHERE, WHY?
Example
How did human beings evolve
to have different abilities in
the sci-fi book Dune? What is
the purpose of those abilities?
Why is the story different
because of them?

Craft Move
A strategy to keep in mind as a writer
is to take note of moments when the
text engages you so that you could
practice replicating them in your own
writing. When you notice the author
doing something you would like to
replicate, it can be beneficial to name
the move and explain what it is for
future reference
Sticky Note
Name the Craft Move (be
silly with it! It’s your name!).
Explain how the author uses
it and what it achieves.
Example
In The Book Thief, Markus
Zusak uses the craft move
“Bounce Back” where he
bounces between different
character perspectives to
paint a fuller picture of his
story and its characters
 Sticky Note
Identify Unknown Unknown Word: Brief and
memorable definition
Vocabulary

Keeping track of words you

don’t know and finding a
definition to refer to when
you go back through your Example
reading is a great way to not
only get a better (In Between Shades of Gray
understanding of the text, by Ruta Sepetys)
but expand your ever
growing vocabulary! Repatriate: To go back to
one’s own country

Relate to Self
This is the most personal kind of
annotation, but it can also be the
most memorable. When we
relate the text to our own lives,
we get a much richer insight into
the world of the story and build
empathy for the characters and
the people in our own lives
Sticky Note
This [SCENE/CHARACTER/
CONFLICT] relates to my
own experience with…
Example
In Stranger Things Season
One, Joyce Byers reminded
me of my own single mom
who also has to work a lot
to support her family

Practice in Groups!
Using the sticky notes at your table, now
everyone practice two of the reading
strategies (see the box in the top right
corner) that we’ve discussed today on Dr.
Martin Luther King’s Speech, “The Other
America.” I will play the audio out loud and
you can write on your sticky notes as you
listen/read along. Once finished, please
share something you wrote with your group
mates and explain why you chose that
strategy.
Sticky Note
Use either PREDICT,
QUESTION, CRAFT MOVE,
IDENTIFY VOCABULARY, or
RELATE TO SELF
Example
King ends his speech with the
craft move “First Step” where
he names an actionable move
for people to take when he
says “The first thing that must
be on our agenda as a nation
is to get rid of racism.”
 Learning Target
As We Read I can use sticky notes while
I read books like Dear
Dear Martin… Martin to keep track of my
thinking and help guide
class discussions

We will have fuller and more

interesting discussions if we keep
track of our thinking as we read, so
that we are prepared to discuss Essential Question
what we read in the following class
period. Not all of these annotations How can we learn by
strategies will be suited to your reflecting upon and
reading style, but try them all out in communicating with
the beginning, just to see which one people of the past?
works best for you!