Book Scan:

Before reading the text I annotate each section's title page, please see below.  I also annotate mid-read as well.

Book Scans:

Notes and Make-shift Graphic Organizers:

So whenever I go to write a paper I always make myself a compilation of notes, quotes, ideas, concepts, and outside sources.  In teaching school they teach you that these things are called graphic organizers and so often they are presented to our students as a way to think through texts, writing, or developing a composition.  What I have decided from my own personal experiences is that for me, this is the easiest way to write and I would encourage my students who find it helpful to make their own make-shift graphic organizers if it helps them too.  I have scanned two pages on my notes above.

Sample Page of Notetaking

I thought it might be interesting since this is a reading blog to put up a scan of the first page of the book and the notes I take while reading, to provide insight into how I work with the text itself.