Annotate Text Using Google Docs

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This lesson uses videos to teach critical life and technology skills:

Videos

1. Introduction to Annotate Text Using Google docs
2. Identify Unfamiliar Words and Concepts
3. Engage with Text
4. Read for the Main Idea
5. Annotate Text Using Google Docs Wrap-Up
6. Extension: Practice Finding Main Ideas
7. Extension: Literary Annotations
8. Extension: Research Annotations
9. Extension: Annotation Journal
10. Extension: Text-based Prompt Annotations
11. Extension: Footnotes

Life Skills

• Annotate text to prepare for a discussion or in writing a paper
• Interact with text to increase reading comprehension and retention of what you read

Technology Skills

• Open and rename a document
• Add text to a document
• Insert a table
• Create an annotation key
• Highlight, underline, and bold text
• Add comments
• Use the dictionary tool and define feature