Simple strategies for improving literacy. Suitable for anyone wanting to develop the reading skills of secondary pupils who struggle, this accessible resource offers practical advice and activities. It explores a variety of different aspects of reading how reading is taught, why it is such an important skill for the individual, how to motivate the reluctant reader, the role played by the mainstream specialist teacher, underlying problems pupils may face, how to increase parental involvement, reasons why a pupils comprehension might be limited, the role of the School Librarian and the relevance to reading of vocabulary and general