1.  Review and analyze the cognitive-constructivist view and the concepts that compliment this and briefly discuss this approach to reading.
2.  Discuss what it means to be literate today.
3.  Research tells us that doing a substantial amount of independent reading is an essential part of becoming a good reader.  List some approaches that you might use to encourage today’s students, many of whom do not read independently, to do more reading. 
4.  Discuss the concept of automaticity.