The text “Beyond the Yellow Highlighter: Teaching Annotation Skills to Improve Reading Comprehension” written by Carol Porter-O’Donnell explains the importance of annotating readings in order to gain a deeper understanding. Most students will read the surface of a passage, without following up with questions or a discussion. Using annotations will benefit the student by teaching them how to critically think and become more active readers. By annotating the readers will take breaks to write down their thoughts, questions, or explaining what they have read so far. Doing this will help the students develop better writing skills and make reading higher level texts easier to read.
