Linking Pronouns to Antecedents

 Some readers lose the connection between pronouns and the nouns that they refer to (known as ‘antecedents’)—especially when reading challenging text.

Type: Student Strategy

Procedure: 

The student is encouraged to circle pronouns in the reading, to explicitly identify each pronoun’s antecedent, and (optionally) to write next to the pronoun the name of its antecedent. 

For example, the student may add the antecedent to a pronoun in this sentence from a biology text: “The Cambrian Period is the first geological age that has large numbers of multi-celled organisms associated with it (Cambrian Period).”

Source: http://www.interventioncentral.org/academic-interventions/reading-comprehension/reading-comprehension-fix-skills-classroom-toolkit

Research Citation: Hedin, L. R., & Conderman, G. (2010). Teaching students to comprehend informational text through rereading. The Reading Teacher, 63(7), 556–565.