Reading is one of the activities that I truly enjoy. I read all the time, especially in the summer. Although I am a fan of reading, I struggle with annotating. I’ve been annotating since the start of freshman year, and I have found that I do not like it. I have realized that that I retain information from novels better when I read straight through, rather than constantly stopping to make annotations. Since we have open book quizzes on our assigned books, after I read, I will go back and annotate. This strategy works for me, and I will continue to use it in the future.
When it comes to what I decide to look for and annotate in a book, it all depends on what I am reading. Sometimes I will annotate for descriptions and details, like with The Book Thief, and sometimes I will annotate for main ideas, like with In the Time of the Butterflies. I only annotate books if they are assigned. I do not enjoy it, and it makes books seem like homework if I annotate while reading for fun.
I am a strong reader when I read a novel in depth, and I am interested in the book. I am a weak reader when I focus on getting my annotations done, rather than reading and comprehending the novel. In the future, I will work on the “tolerance for failure” and “intellectual generosity and fallibility” traits of Performative Literacy in order to improve my reading strategies.
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