“Annotations are excellent formative assessment data. They tell us what students thought during the reading process. Most of our assessment data tell us what students learned after reading.” –Dr. Doug Fisher
Annotations tell us what students thought during the reading process. On Day 7, Dr. Fisher focuses on analyzing student annotations with specific tips related to how and what to look for in students’ annotations to identify their instructional needs.
Analyze a class set of student annotations to identify trends and instructional needs. Consider using this checklist to analyze individual student annotations or this chart to help you analyze a class set of annotations. Next, map out your teaching points.
After your analysis, consider using the Learning Log to reflect on the process of analyzing student annotations to identify instructional needs.
This checklist can be used to identify students’ strengths and patterns of errors.
This chart can be used to analyze a class set of annotations and identify trends and instructional needs.
This log can be used to capture new learnings as you develop close reading techniques.
