Understanding Texts and Readers

Serravallo shows how to find out exactly what your readers need and what to teach them as they tackle increasingly complex fiction and nonfiction texts.

Jennifer Serravallo provides a blueprint for helping readers succeed. Her formula is simple: know your readers well and understand the challenges they'll encounter at each step in their reading journey. Serravallo's go-to guide shows how to find out what your readers need as they approach each level, starting with Level J. You'll find descriptors of the complexity challenges for each level, organized into Fiction and Nonfiction sections. Serravallo shows you how turn what you know and learn about your readers into actionable instruction.