1. Analyzing Documents through Thoughtful Annotations
SAT SLOT Workbooks

2. Color Code Your SLOT Annotations by Using the Following Key:
Label the claim with a  and underline it
YELLOW highlighter for Speaker (S) and Occasion (O)
PINK highlighter for Audience (A) and Purpose (P)
BLUE highlighter for Subject (SUB)

3. Weekly Schedule Monday: New Vocabulary & Speaker (20 minutes)
Tuesday: Identify Author’s Claim & Purpose (15 minutes)
Wednesday: Read for Subject & details for claim (15 minutes)
Thursday: Read for Audience & Occasion (10 minutes)
Friday: iLearn QUIZ (20 minutes)

4. New Vocabulary & Speaker (20 minutes)
Monday
New Vocabulary & Speaker (20 minutes)
Read the passage & circle at least 5 unknown words
Define the circled words on the back of the passage or on a separate piece of paper using a dictionary or other resources
Identify the Speaker of the passage by highlighting it in YELLOW

5. SPEAKER Speaker: highlight evidence in YELLOW Annotation for….
Stems for Annotation
Speaker: highlight evidence in YELLOW
Who is the speaker who produced this piece? Give all the details from the notes/textbook that you can provide.
What is the person’s name?
What is the available biographic information?
What information can you infer about the speaker?
Is the speaker biased (does he favor one side’s POV over another)?
What class does he/she belong to?
The speaker is a (an) ____________ because ____________.
An assumption I can make about the speaker is ________ because ________.
The speaker is biased about ________ because _______.

6. Identify Author’s Claim & Purpose (15 minutes)
Tuesday
Identify Author’s Claim & Purpose (15 minutes)
Read the passage again & identify the author’s Claim
Put a  next to the Author’s Claim & underline it
Identify the Purpose by highlighting it in PINK
Complete Box 1 & Box 2 using complete sentences or sentence stems provided

7. Claim & Purpose Box 1 & Box 2 Annotation for…. Stems for Annotation
Purpose: highlight evidence in PINK
If this is argumentative, what is the claim the author is making?
What is the reason behind this text?
What is the message of the text?
Why was this source produced at the time it was produced?
Why was it written (or drawn or made)?
What motivated the author?
What did he or she seek to accomplish?
Step 1:
The claim is ___________.
The purpose of the text is to INFORM the audience about ______.
The purpose of the text is to PERSUADE the audience to believe _______.
The purpose of the text is to entertain the audience by _______.
Step 2:
The author does this by _______.
Box 1 & Box 2

8. Read for Subject & Details for Claim (15 minutes)
Wednesday
Read for Subject & Details for Claim (15 minutes)
Read to identify the Subject by highlighting it in BLUE
Complete Box 3 using complete sentences or sentence stems provided to cite specific facts or details from the text that support the author’s Claim

9. Subject & Details Box 3 Annotation for…. Stems for Annotation
Subject: highlight evidence in BLUE
What is the general topic?
What is the content of the passage? Give a summary of what it talks about?
What ideas are contained in the passage?
What connections can be made between the passage and classroom notes/textbook?
The subject of the text is ________.
I know this because ________.
This passage connects to _________.
This passage remind me of ___________.
This relates to ____________.
Box 3

10. Read for Audience & Occasion
Thursday
Read for Audience & Occasion
Read to identify the Audience by highlighting it in PINK
Identify the Occasion by highlighting it in YELLOW
Complete Box 4 using complete sentences or sentence stems provided to cite specific facts or details from the text that support the author’s Claim

11. Occasion Box 4 Annotation for…. Stems for Annotation
Occasion: highlight evidence in YELLOW
What event has happened to inspire the speaker to write this text?
What is the time and place of the text?
When and where was the primary source created? Secondary document?
What is the historical context surrounding the creation of the document?
How might this affect the meaning of the source?
What event led to its publication or development?
The occasion of the article is _________.
The time that the passage was written was _____________ because _____________.
This passage was written in response to _____________ because ______________.
Box 4

12. Audience Box 4 Annotation for…. Stems for Annotation
Audience: highlight evidence in PINK
Who is the intended audience? For whom was the source created or performed?
Is it directed towards one person? A group of people?
How might this affect the reliability of the source?
Are there any assumptions that can be made about the audience: mixed racial group, gender group, social class, political party?
Are there certain words/phrases used that highlight a specific audience?
The article is directed towards______.
The author uses certain words like ____ and _____.
The audience might be _____ because _________.
Box 4