6. ˜˜Source: Rigorous Reading: 5 Access Points for Comprehending Complex Texts by Nancy Frey and Dr. Douglas Fisher

9. A short pararaph, event, word, or phrase will appear on the screen
A short pararaph, event, word, or phrase will appear on the screen. Using the Metacognitive Marker reference sheet, write one of the three symbols and a short word of phrase that describes the symbol used. You will have 20 seconds for each.
1. State Assessments
2. “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
3. The school year
4. Diaphanous
5. Cancun, Mexico
Phrases and reactions should be short and shouldn’t take students an enormous amount of time. Markers are not always used to analyze, but rather to comprehend and connect with a text.

12. Close Reading using Metacognitive Markers
TEXT-BASED DISCUSSION (Giving Purpose)
Various Levels: On-level, Pre-AP, and GT

13. ELA: Wetlands and Wetheads
Social Studies: Oregon Territory and Re-annexation of Texas
Math: Alejandra and College
Science: White-tailed Ptarmigan

16. PDF & More Web Tools Google Drive Apps
Kami app: read and annotate PDF files. Make comments, add text boxes, highlight, underline, strikethrough, and draw.
Upload annotated PDF files to Moodle or Google Drive
A.nnotate: can be used for documents (PDF and Microsoft Office) as well as webpages and images.
It takes a snapshot of any webpage or image and lets you write notes on that copy and share it with others.
Crocodoc: allows users to highlight, cross text, add comments and revise PDF files, Microsoft Word docs, images and much more.
Webnotes: highlight and add notes to both web pages and PDFs.
You can also use it to organize your bookmarks and share them with others.
iCyte: this is a great research tool. You can use it to save your bookmarks and just like the previous tools, it lets you annotate and add notes to your web pages.
Diigo: web tool used to annotate, collect, and highlight content. iOS and Android friendly.
Bounce: web tool that lets you take a snapshot of any webpage and add notes to it before sharing it with others.
Mark.up: draw on any webpage with a variety of tools to express your thoughts, make a point or to just simply edit.
Co-ment: create, edit, share, collaborate, and annotate text documents online.
Annotate and highlight any text and comment on it. Allow others to see and or comment on the text. It provides you with a document history of your editions and much more.
Doctopus: teachers distribute the document to students in their Google Drives using Doctopus.
Review students’ work easily – Doctopus will place a copy of the document in each student’s assignment folder, already appropriately named and shared with the teacher.
In order to highlight text, students must use the comment feature. Students can use underline, bold, strikethrough, or change the color of text for additional annotations. They can use the Define option to easily display the definition of a selected word, or the Research option to locate related scholarly articles, images, quotes, and more.
PDFzen: works with Google Drive. First students need to connect the app with their Google Drive (Create>Connect More Apps). The teacher can distribute the PDF file to students using Doctopus. Students can then access the file in their assignment folder and choose to open it with PDFZen.
PDFzen loads the file with a toolbar with edit options to highlight, add comments, and free draw on the file. Click the Actions button and the sidebar slides open to allow users to save the file back to Google Drive, complete with annotations.
Web Tools
Google Drive Apps