This course will help students who are at their grade level in English reading comprehension to acquire a deep and accurate understanding of the reading process and construct meaning from a range of literary and informational resources. Building on a variety of reading strategies, students will develop effective skills to critically analyze, interpret, paraphrase, and summarize texts from different genres in order to achieve higher than grade level proficiency and succeed in their academic goals such as private school admissions and taking the SSAT test