2. I learned that the text can have connections to other things in life.

3.It will help me when I write a essay or do a project.

2. I learned new literary devices

3. Annotating shows me what to look for when reading

2. It can show you different perspectives and different points of view.

3. It helps you understand the book more by braking it down and highlighting the important details.

2. I learned that being eleven doesn't signify you have to act eleven. Everyone is still the same no matter what age.

3. Annotating helps you feel like you are in the story. It also shows new vocabulary, help you go beyond your thoughts while reading a story, and helps you while writing summaries.

2. I learned that it helps the reader understand more clearly (even if its not very fun)

3. I learned there are many kinds of annotating

2. I learned that when you just read you don't get all the information but when you annotate it takes you longer and you go back and see the text better.

3. Annotating helps me and also it could make you a better reader because you're basically taking the most important stuff out of the passage such as the main idea.

2. I learned by annotating that I have many personal connections with Rachel. I learned that when your eleven you're really not eleven. No matter how old you are there is still a little kid stuck in you. By annotating I was able to get deeper then I did by just reading.

3. Annotating can make you a better reader because it helps you pull out every detail in a story or passage. When you annotate you think completely differently then you do by just reading. Annotating also helps you with your vocabulary by helping you pull out context clues to find the meanings of words

2. I learned that your age doesn't matter unless you believe it does you will always do things you might have done like cry like a 3 year old.

3. it might make me better because it makes me understand the story a lot more and it makes me pay more attention to the book.

2. I learned that when you grow up you can still cry. It is ok to do so because some people just need to get their emotions out when nobody is listening to them.

3. It will make me a better reader because it helps me pay attention to the main events and the specific details. It will help me organize my thoughts so I can comprehend the book better.

2. When I was annotating, i found more personal connections than I would have if I didn't

3. Annotating can help me take apart understand the text if it was more difficult

2. I learned that tiny little details are important in a book

3. This strategy can make me a better reader by making me read the tiny little details in the book and get alot of information so you know EXACTLY what is gong on in the book

2. What I learned from the text is that when you have your birthday you expect to feel older but you don't, you feel the same age.

3. This strategy will make me a better reader because it will make me think harder on what I'm reading and really connect to the passage.