Deep Sense™ is a research-informed instructional approach designed to help adolescent readers build stronger info-text comprehension.

I wrote this book for middle and high school teachers (ELA/Reading, ESL, Social Studies, Science, and CTE), literacy and content specialists, and campus administrators who–

are worried about their students’ ability to make sense of articles, handouts, websites, and textbooks
are frustrated by the shallow answers they hear during class discussions and read in assignments
have students who come to them with a distaste for, or downright resistance to, reading complex info-texts.

Studies have shown that strategy instruction improves comprehension IF it is done well. Many strategy-based comprehension programs are designed for younger students and simple, considerate texts. The Deep Sense approach is tailored to adolescent students and complex texts.

Deep Sense offers a four-pronged approach to power up students’ info-text comprehension: (1) rebuilding students’ self-efficacy; (2) explicit strategy instruction; (3) collaborative text-centered discussions; and (4) shared info-text studies.

The purchase of the book includes access to digital instructional and planning materials to take the guesswork out of implementation.

Making Deep Sense of Informational Texts IS Download