Using colors to annotate helps students remember. This guide is something that can be printed, taped into notebooks, added to your LMS, or shared with students in some other creative way. When annotating, I focused on figurative language, unknown or new vocabulary words, characterization, and general notes/important details. Each has its own color we use when reading. If students come across something in a text, I ask them what color it should be highlighted in and why. This helps them to associ