Reading 15 is a course, which is designed to concentrate on the development of language arts strategies and skills to strengthen students use of language and understanding of text. In Reading 15 students will engage with a wide range of texts including but not limited to those that they need to be able to read in order to hone the competencies necessary to achieve success in their senior high school courses across the curriculum and in their lives beyond school. This course emphasizes the importance of scaffolding to promote increasingly independent literacy practices. Students will develop confidence and provide motivation to succeed in active reading in school and daily life.