Overall, what I have learned in the course about annotation and active reading, has been a great use in my history class. For my history class we have to read vast amounts for homework and we are eventually tested on it. The active reading strategies learned in this class have helped me connect with the text and and thus helped me get better grades on my quizzes and exams. I have learned how to properly take notes to help me better understand the text. Due to the nature of my history course, the vast majority of the annotations I am making fall under the understanding category but the few drawing relationship annotations I make really help me grasp and remember the information but better. My notes and annotations also help me participate in class discussion of the text because of understand it on a higher level than I would if I did not take notes. I have always taken notes but this course taught me the most efficient way for me to do so.