How to Annotate Books 📝📖

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How to Annotate Books 📝📖

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Hey guys, in today's vid I'm doing the highly requested 'how I annotate my books'. I hope this was helpful and insightful when it comes to tackling critical reading, especially analysing, interpreting and evaluating.
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@Zoe-fg9jx 6 жыл бұрын

A way of annotating I use is using a different colour highlighter for different types of information, although I’m far too precious about my books to highlight them, so it’s usually for handouts! Yellow: A quote Orange: A person or text Green: An example Pink: Key words or ideas Blue: Any idea that needs further research

@sarcastic_fish 6 жыл бұрын

oh yeah yeah fair point I forgot about handouts

@AllyssaSkeltonsmajesticprofile 5 жыл бұрын

I do the same thing but my highlights are different but I also highlight/write in all of my books. Mine is a bit different as one of the categories is based on something my 12th grade English teacher had us do over the summer called a Dialectical Journal, if you don't know, it's basically a notebook where you put in quotes you like and have opinions on and then write your opinions, I used it to rant lol. You can look that up and get a better explanation if you're interested. Green: Dialectical Journal Quotes Orange: Quotes I like Yellow: Words I like (or don't know) Pink: Questions Blue: Annotations

@herkindofdays9309 4 жыл бұрын

Allyssa Skelton Thanks for sharing!

@EvangelineSterling 4 жыл бұрын

Your friendly neighborhood librarian begging that you *please* do not annotate a library book even with pencil. We have to erase every single mark by hand. Or if the book is too damaged, delete it from the collection.

@Sleerogue 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t do this, but if a person erases it themselves is that okay?

@EvangelineSterling 3 жыл бұрын

@@Sleerogue Hello there. My personal opinion is just don't write in things that don't belong or you. The book belongs to the library and it's a privilege that you get to borrow it and your responsibility to take care of it when you have it. If you want to annotate a book, purchase a copy for yourself (be that 2nd hand or new).

@Sleerogue 3 жыл бұрын

@@EvangelineSterling that makes sense, thank you. Sorry if I seemed rude or ignorant or anything

@EvangelineSterling 3 жыл бұрын

@@Sleerogue No, of course you did not! Thank you for asking. :)

@racheldemain1940 3 жыл бұрын

I am totally with you on this. I just can't write in a book, not even my OU text books as they were so beautiful and I wanted to refer to them again and wouldn't want to see my notes . I used Post it notes in my own books and had a piece of paper for when I borrowed a Library book and saw something I wanted to write. It makes me cry inwardly to see books damaged in this way 😭😭

@hauntedburgerplant 3 жыл бұрын

I’m glad to have finally found someone else who doesn’t annotate with highlighters!

@sarcastic_fish 3 жыл бұрын

see now THAT would be sacrilegious

@amberrush9970 4 жыл бұрын

The worst thing is when a book doesn't have a large margin ,I need that space for my frantic mind.

@velvetyblue 3 жыл бұрын

Or the paper is way too thin.

@zoeeBelle 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly! Like what if I want to write something that’s about 3 sentences long but I can’t even fit in one!

@_taranjot 2 жыл бұрын

I adore this!!! I kind of hate how most annotating I see online requires 15 highlighters and colour coded sticky notes, when a straight-up pen is clear, makes re-reading so much easier, and looks great. I also love how you focused a lot more on the intention behind your annotations and thinking like an active reader rather than just the aesthetic, that's the important bit after all!

@bbblueblun 4 жыл бұрын

I buy cheap editions of books so I can write all over them, it’s so satisfying but it used to bother me before. Now I can’t NOT annotate

@maurenzamora27 4 жыл бұрын

I know, right? It used to freak me out too

@Viralsbookreviews 3 жыл бұрын

Me too. Like i find the last cheapest copy of classics so i can write n doodle and highlights everything that i love without feeling guilty.

@rorbephobic 3 жыл бұрын

where do you buy books cheap?

@rubyjanelee4503 2 жыл бұрын

where do you buy cheap editions?

@gloomie6327 2 жыл бұрын

@@rubyjanelee4503 Collins classics are small and so cheap! It's so worth it.

@spreadbookjoy 3 жыл бұрын

This is the most useful annotating video I’ve found so far! Most of them talk about the coloured tabs and post-its to buy but don’t talk about the process and why they annotate! The last time I annotated was during my A Levels a looong time ago. Thank you for this!

@sofiestorhus 3 жыл бұрын

I'm 2 years late to the party but thank you for validating my personal choice of butchering my books with notes and drawings. I've been scolded so many times but I just LOVE a lived-in book (obvi never did this with library books, just my own). Great tips!!

@allieonyoutube 6 жыл бұрын

I found this very helpful. I've been generally good at English and literature classes. Recently I changed my major to English literature and I decided that I needed to start annotating my books, but I had no idea how to start or go about it.

@sarcastic_fish 6 жыл бұрын

happy you found it useful!

@chhamagarg1841 2 жыл бұрын

Your annotation methods are ACTUALLY practical. No highlighters, no sticky notes, and no index stickers.

@sarcastic_fish 2 жыл бұрын

Literally who has time for that

@asdfghjkl15301510 4 жыл бұрын

For library or borrowed books I use translucent or fully clear post-its, and just pull them out before returning them, to not create any extra work for librarians or friends (and sometimes keep the notes). (Also a pale grey highlighter for books changed my life tbh)

@luciefrance7545 6 жыл бұрын

Ahh I’ve been wanting to annotate books but had no idea how to go about it. Thank you!! xx

@luciefrance7545 6 жыл бұрын

By the way, I liked the ‘still do mate still do’ annotation ;)

@sarcastic_fish 6 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpfuuuuul

@g.s.3450 3 жыл бұрын

Your video and Bill Gate’s video are the best on this topic. At 67 years of age, I finally gave myself permission to annotate my books! Showing your actual annotated books, in your video, was extremely helpful. I learned a lot; thank you. The Cute but Psycho t-shirt was nice touch. Also, your selective use of profanity was totally appropriate and is a good mnemonic device.

@jeremiahcoromandel2977 4 жыл бұрын

Moral of the story(video): “Never write without a pen in your hand” Forgive me Actually watched the rest of this video, nice explanation of annotation and wasn’t too complicated. Helpful thanks!

@mishelly 5 жыл бұрын

I love how in depth you shared your annotations!!! These are some of my favorite videos!!!

@alisak3401 6 жыл бұрын

This was so nice to watch! I know how to annotate books, but I got a little out of it throughout the last two years and this video encouraged me a lot to just start again :) What I do as well is working with different underlinings: not only straight, but a kind of wave style and then using squares as well.

@djunaskye6220 2 жыл бұрын

While it is pretty bad to annotate/put any markings in a library book, because the librarians either have to erase them or replace the book, or everyone who gets the book after you has to deal with someone's annotations; but I found it hilarious when I read a copy of The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky and someone had numbered/marked every single time a character cried 😆 21 times!

@ImSupposedToSleep 6 жыл бұрын

I want to annotate my books but I am sort of too lazy to do so and also don't find a reason to do it since I don't study language/literature (anymore). I also feel to dumb since I haven't read many classics, otherwise you'd be able to see more connections between different novels. However, I do annotate more when I read non-fiction because that makes me think and reflect more. So do you also annotate when you're just reading for pleasure?

@iggybug1 2 жыл бұрын

Didn't know some readers are so passionate that they would draw on their page the idea which is being said. Great!

@internetprincess8998 3 жыл бұрын

really love how you annotate your book! especially the drawings!

@fiona7651 5 жыл бұрын

I dont like to annotate. But its needed for school. So I'm here

@smoothielover07 6 жыл бұрын

I LOVE your book-related videos, so, so much! Thank you for filming this :D I hope you have more bookish vids coming soon!

@lasaves3207 3 жыл бұрын

Idk why but this video is so bloody satisfying. I love annotating books and actually word vomiting my thoughts in the margins. Many of my books are full with "wtf's" and "haha's" XD

@jaskiransingh8544 6 жыл бұрын

This came out at the perfect time. I needed this for GCSE's. thanks xxxxx

@martacastro3961 3 жыл бұрын

i'm currently about to start my last year of a levels (well actually i'm spanish but its the same here) and i've always loved reading but i wasn't physically capable of writing on my books, i would add post its on the margin but now that i've decided i want to learn and study literature and i really want to improve my comprehension, this video has really help me a lot, thank you so much

@panicatthehippo3660 5 жыл бұрын

This was so helpful!!! I did English Language a level (and not literature) but I’m now going into a mixed degree and I had no clue. Thank you!!

@karlijns172 6 жыл бұрын

Book related videos yes please!

@MultiSapMan 4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha the "lol" and mom reaction part killed me xD

@EllaCharlotteJones 6 жыл бұрын

ooo super useful i'm starting year 13 A-Level English Lit in september !!

@sarcastic_fish 6 жыл бұрын

ahhh good luck!! 💫

@keiramuller3288 3 жыл бұрын

I loved the Half Blood Prince reference

@aidantwidale5768 5 жыл бұрын

I got a few classical books for 3 dollars and ive decided those are the perfect things to practise annotating on

@tishserajosep3298 3 жыл бұрын

I’m not exactly committed to annotating yet so I decided I will annotate using pencil on my cheaper books and only use sticky tabs for my more expensive books

@lixieluna8097 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Your way makes a lot of sense to me ❤️

@lucylorenti3370 6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely loved this video! So useful 💕 thank you!

@willward7318 5 жыл бұрын

yall best remember never write without a pen in your hand

@SkwithOv 4 жыл бұрын

I like finding books people have written in BUT it really frustrates me if they only wrote in one or two chapters, I either want it plain or completely covered in writing

@maurenzamora27 4 жыл бұрын

"a massive fucking star" GIRL I FEEL YOU lol or a massive heart too

@legarconquiment1069 3 жыл бұрын

OMG that drawing in that byron bookn you're so cool

@andriasze4349 6 жыл бұрын

Woahh that helped me a lot 😍😍 thanks

@amymaubach2653 2 жыл бұрын

This is so messy. I love it sm

@Tubekeny1 2 жыл бұрын

Amusing thought: If you ever become a well-known writer or film maker then your annotated books will become collectors' items.

@intellectgrime 6 жыл бұрын

This video was excellent!!

@radiantchristina 2 жыл бұрын

great video. I also dog ear the bottom of the pages that i want to refer back to and i write in pen

@Jassibeanx 5 жыл бұрын

I wish I learned this in school

@HuntVeil5 5 жыл бұрын

This is golden!!!

@ananya.m.2158 2 жыл бұрын

thank you haha i’m just starting my GCSEs and my teachers always saying ‘it’s good practice to annotate any. ok you read’ but i’m like whaaat how do i do that like what am i supposed to write

@sarcastic_fish 2 жыл бұрын

literally anything, like any thoughts, i so often just write 'lol, what, hahahha' as my annotations, it's still valid!!

@ananya.m.2158 2 жыл бұрын

@@sarcastic_fish thank you so much!!

@user-lj1rf1ug8k 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Emma, I want to major in comparative literature but I have no background in literature. Can u suggest me some books to start preparing for the course? And plz tell me what are the most important things to do to get a high degree?

@Star-uf5to 5 жыл бұрын

To start, Love in The Time of Cholera, Things Fall Apart, Dante's Inferno, Modest Proposal, The Sixteen Satires, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Native Son, Madame Bovary, Hamlet, Everything I Never Told You, and Short Stories by Latin American Women: The Magic and the Real. These are some of the most enriching texts that come up a lot in future readings. Also, hone in on mythology and philosophy as in the course when going over classics those will be the fuel of the themes to identify in the texts.

@user-lj1rf1ug8k 5 жыл бұрын

@@Star-uf5to thanks a lot for your answer . I really appreciate it ❤🌷

@microwavv 5 жыл бұрын

i might cry this is so helpful

@tiborkovacs5317 4 жыл бұрын

& what better tool to help us observe,Identify,Study,Teach/make aware/Knowledge,Understanding,wisdom/hear,read,write,learn by heart, inwardly digest/truth,keywords any person,place,thing,quality,idea/Subject,state,action,object/Statement Question Desire than = Who What Where When Which Why How...

@chrisgonzalez91 4 жыл бұрын

To be honest I had no idea what annotating was. And I’ve been doing that for a long time. Naturally I always read a book with a pen in my hand and I obsessively use sticky’s for my favorite parts. When I read fiction I just highlight. I use to have a learning disability but that practice helps me retain knowledge.

@nobumoyo3685 4 жыл бұрын

Omg you're funny😂😂😂. Great video!

@gaberamirez7246 6 жыл бұрын

Nice to see you again Emma...

@tifftiff2768 5 жыл бұрын

Is it bad that I just underline and highlight the majority of the page and just write little comments down on what’s going on and my opinions?😂

@sarcastic_fish 5 жыл бұрын

honestly the more comments and opinions you right don the better!!! (so many of mine are often just "haha lol" and "dude wtf")

@tifftiff2768 5 жыл бұрын

Emma Angeline kk thx😊

@maurenzamora27 4 жыл бұрын

@@sarcastic_fish HAHAHAHA GOD I ALREADY LOVE YOU

@cirej0506 4 жыл бұрын

Very helpful! ❤❤

@agoodreader 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for making this video 🤩👑🥰♥️😍👍

@mumumumey 3 жыл бұрын

i like to edit my annotations and review after i'm done reading idk it's fun

@islacuks5541 3 жыл бұрын

9.00 useful annotations

@lydiaatchison952 6 жыл бұрын

what do you want to do when you graduate? :) xx

@maishaahmed4583 3 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know how to go about annotating the handmaids tale 😭 it has such less space and we have to use pencil it’s so annoying

@EllaCharlotteJones 6 жыл бұрын

would you be able to do an A-Levels advice video?

@molemoprudencemoloto2143 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Emma. I like the way you annotate books. Can you kindly annotate the following South African book : Small Things by Nthikeng Mohlele.

@asmkamruzzahan5697 2 жыл бұрын

Very good method! But don't you think that too much annotations may render a book useless for the next reader? After all second hand books are a good source of reading for some students who can't afford to buy brand new books. It is just my opinion! Take it easy

@saihajmangat2995 2 жыл бұрын

2:22 I would pay millions for a potions book annotated by snape, if potions existed that is

@catherineoconnor6025 3 жыл бұрын

Hiya, would you read the book first and then annotate it... Hahah omg jeez when you said the C word. I laughed. 😅 Enjoyable video. :)

@travissayre6783 3 жыл бұрын

I have just never been able to do this. Haha

@adriansavastian8774 4 жыл бұрын

It's similar notice , what exactly I do !

@aliceminihane7829 4 жыл бұрын

Did anyone’s Siri set off when she said hey siri?😂

@xbiggrape8802 4 жыл бұрын

Crystal Violets no

@telsataylor2032 3 жыл бұрын

Do you dump your annotated books or donate them to charity?

@helenedahlsveen93 3 жыл бұрын

I have to read a lot for school, but when reading books i NEVER figure out WHAT is important and i feel so stupid...

@JM-lu4ki 6 жыл бұрын

Even though I would really enjoy reading an annotated book from library, I think it's just ruining and disrespecting a book. If you want to remember something from it, you can just write stuff in your notebook. You don't need to write smth in a book... :/

@Sam-my2xk 3 жыл бұрын

Totally off topic, but I wasn’t expecting you to curse. Like, I got so shocked when you said a curse word. You just don’t seem like the person to do that. 😂 No hate tho!