Reading Better, Reading Smarter addresses all areas of planning and implementing Scaffolded Reading Experiences (SREs) and prepares teachers to create their own SREs to scaffold their students' reading. By considering the text, their students, and the purpose of the lesson, teachers will be able to create appropriate scaffolding for each reading experience their students face. This widely applicable text includes:

Deborah Appleman is the Hollis L. Caswell professor and chair of educational studies and director of the Summer Writing Program at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. Deborah has authored a number of titles including Critical Encounters in High School English (a winner of the Richard A. Meade Award) and the Heinemann title Reading for Themselves: How to Transform Adolescents into Lifelong Readers Through Out-of-Class Book Clubs (2006). Michael F. Graves is a former high school English teacher, Professor Emeritus of Literacy Education at the University of Minnesota, and a member of the Reading Hall of Fame. Michael has authored and coauthored more than a dozen books on vocabulary learning and instruction and on comprehension instruction. His recent books include Teaching Vocabulary to English-Language Learners, Fostering Comprehension in English Classes, and Reading and Responding in the Middle Grades.