Kelly Gallagher teaches high school English full-time in Anaheim, California. He has been a teacher-leader in the California Readings and Literature Project both at UCLA and UCI and is currently the co-director of the South Basin Writing Project at California State University, Long Beach. Kelly is the author of Reading Reasons: Motivational Mini-Lessons for Middle and High School and Deeper Reading: Comprehending Challenging Texts, 4-12.

Building Deeper Readers
Do your students often struggle while trying to comprehend challenging texts? Do they primarily comprehend at a surface level? This full-day workshop will focus on helping students move beyond the surface of difficult texts and teaching them how to reach deeper reading levels. Teachers will leave with effective, classroom-tested strategies that both motivate students and help promote deeper levels of reading comprehension.