I've been teaching close reading for some years now, and more than once I've encountered surprising resistance among a minority of parents who are absolutely opposed to their kids writing in their books. a study aid - at exam time or when preparing to write a paper, the student can browse his or her own scribblings and in minutes recapture the principal information, concepts, and reflections that represent the most important points - both the author's and the student's - contained in that book.a record of his or her own close reading - of the student's own struggles with (and digestion of) the book's contents.Put another way, the book is no longer just the work of the author it contains the work of the student. Even the endpapers - those blank pages at the front and back of a book - may be covered in scribbled notes. The fact is, throughout high school and college, a well-read book is a book whose pages have downturned corners and are filled with notes, underlining, stars, and arrows. There's no way around it: As your kids approach high school, they must begin marking up their books. This piece follows up by discussing a closely related practice: annotating the text. In our first piece, we zeroed in on one of those skills: close reading. High school work should build foundational skills students will use for the rest of their lives, both in college and later - skills like taking notes, annotating texts, being organized, scheduling tasks, prioritizing, and so on. Note: In our series on "Digging In," we're taking a close look at study skills. Newsletter - June 2, 2014: more on "Digging In" Does your student annotate? Annotating the Text, Part 1: Is it really so important? parents: Homeschooling the College-Bound Student. ![]() literature: History & Literature of the Middle Ages.writing: Online Writer's Guide to Grammar.science: Online Honors Physics With Lab.science: Online Honors Chemistry With Lab.science: Online Honors Biology With Lab.The HS College-Bound Newsletter | June 2, 2014
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