The simple meaning of the word "annotate"is to add
explanatory notes.
When you take up a passage to study,
especially in order to teach, it is appropriate to make small notes in the margin which
would give you a clear picture of what the paragraph contains. As you teach, these brief
notes that you have noted in the margin can be of great help to tell your students in a
matter of few words what the whole passage is about. If, for instance, there is a
lengthy paragraph of a certain novel that gives information of the hero having met
someone new, you would very well say it in just a few words what the whole passage is
about.
We have also been well acquainted with explanatory
passages when we study either a play of Shakespeare or Greek Classics like that of
Sophocles. These annotations, either at the bottom of a page or on the left page given
by editors, throw more light on the lines we read and help us appreciate the work
better.
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