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How to Teach Students to Annotate: A Step-by-Step Guide

by Martha Thurstonupdated on July 25, 2026July 27, 2026

Have you ever told students to annotate a text only to watch them highlight nearly every sentence on the page? Maybe they circle random words, underline entire paragraphs, or write comments like “interesting” in the margins without explaining what they found interesting. Students are not born knowing how to annotate. Annotation is a skill that …

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