Reading for Meaning

Become a stronger reader who can analyze a variety of texts.

This course is a great fit for students who want to become stronger, more thoughtful readers and gain confidence in explaining what texts mean. It allows students to explore stories, poems, and nonfiction while sharpening the skills that help them understand an author’s choices. With steady guidance, discussion, and practice, students learn to read with greater attention and respond with clarity and insight.

Students read a wide range of texts from short stories and poems to articles and practice identifying key ideas, themes, symbols, and character traits. They make connections, compare and contrast stories, analyze figurative language, and consider how bias shapes nonfiction writing. Frequent writing tasks give students opportunities to explain their thinking, develop multi-paragraph responses, and build stronger analytical skills.

By the end of the course, students take home a binder filled with notes, essays, and original work that reflects their growth as readers and writers. They leave ready to approach complex texts with clearer strategies, deeper understanding, and greater confidence.