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Scholarship March 29, 2017

“Beyond the Yellow Highlighter: Teaching Annotation Skills to Improve Reading Comprehension” (pdf)

The Wabash Center

Author
Porter-O'Donnell, Carol
Publisher
English Journal, Vol. 93, No. 5, 82-89, May
Annotating a text can be a powerful strategy to comprehend difficult material and encourage active reading. High school teacher Carol Porter-O’Donnell provides several activities and tools to help students learn to purposefully mark up what they read.