Lesson 2: Annotating the Article
Completion requirements
- Objective: Identify key components of the article’s argument.
- Instructions:
- Read the article carefully and underline or highlight the claim (the main argument the author is making).
- Identify the reasons that support the claim.
- Highlight or underline the evidence (facts, statistics, quotes) that the author uses to support each reason.
- Write brief notes in the margins to summarize how the evidence relates to the argument.