Read and Annotate Article #1- “Understanding Genetically Mod…

Read and annotate the following article using the built in Canvas tools. Every single paragraph should have some type of highlighting/writing. Recall our Week 1 lesson on how to annotate an article:

What things should you write down? Im so glad you asked! Heres a list:

Main ideas- Identify the main ideas by highlighting them and writing MI next to them. Remember that there is an overall main idea of the entire article and smaller main ideas of specific sections/paragraphs of the article.

Supporting details- Authors should support their main points with examples, facts, statistics, reasons, personal experience, etc. When they do, make note of it.

Questions- It is your job to ask questions before you read the article, while you are reading the article, and sometimes after you read the article. You can come up with a question at any point. Sometimes you will have to force yourself to come up with questions in order to stay engaged in the reading. Dont forget to write your questions on the paper and look for the author to answer it.

Reactions- It is your job to write down your reactions to the things you read…even if your reaction is Oh heck no! or That reminds me of Grandma. Writing down your reactions help you connect with the article. This is especially helpful for topics you arent interested in reading about.

Vocabulary- When you find a big word that you dont know the meaning of…circle it! Then, take it a step further by trying to guess what it means based on how its used in the sentence (context clues). Of course, you can always take a quick break to look it up on dictionary.com. Dont forget to jot the definition down on the paper.

Anything else- Feel free to mark up or write down anything else you think will be helpful in helping you identify important details and synthesize important information in the text.