1. Three Levels of Reading
Reading on the Lines
Reading Between the Lines
Reading beyond the lines

2. The First Level of Reading Reading on the line
Find meaning DIRECTLY in the text
As you read, mentally answer the questions
Who?
What?
When?
Where?

3. The Second Level of Reading Reading between the lines
Interpretation of the text.
Analyze what you read: interpret, classify, compare, contrast, find patterns…
As you read, your key concerns are the following:
What does the passage represent, suggest or personify?
What does a certain reference or metaphor mean?

4. The Third Level of Reading Reading beyond the line
Move beyond the text to connect to universal meaning. Go from “what?” to “so what?”
Ask yourself:
How does this text connect to my life?
With life in a larger sense?
With all human beings?
With my ideas about morality or values?
What is the author telling me about life in a larger sense—about being human?