Are you a junior-high or high-school literature teacher or home schooling parent? Do you have a young reader in your life who is ready to take reading to the next level? ROMAN Reading presents the five essential skills readers need to make the transition to academic, literary reading. Using the acronym ROMAN, young readers will be able to develop and practice the skills of Reading, Outlining, Marking, Asking and Naming. Designed to be simple and straightforward, ROMAN Reading is the perfect classroom supplement for students in grades 6-12. It also makes a great gift for the young independent reader or home schooled child. In this special edition of ROMAN Reading, readers can practice their new-found skills on short works by Tolstoy, Chekhov, and Wilde.