Beyond the Yellow Highlighter: Teaching Annotation Skills to Improve Reading Comprehension.

Porter-O'Donnell, Carol

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Publication Date: 2004-May-1

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Beyond the Yellow Highlighter: Teaching Annotation Skills to Improve Reading Comprehension

Porter-O'Donnell, Carol

English Journal, v93 n5 p82 May 2004

Annotating is a writing-to-learn strategy used for reading and rereading. Annotation skills makes comprehension of difficult text much easy and it encourages active reading.

Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement, Writing Strategies

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