Reading Process

The Brief Edition of Constance Weaver's classic Reading Process Practice begins with the seemingly simple question What is reading, anyway? What is the essence of the reading process itself? With so many competing, often antithetical interpretations, teachers need an answer they can trust and put to use. Connie Weaver knows the research and her book is designed to help teachers develop their own research-based definition of reading.

For three decades, Constance Weaver has been one of the field's leading voices on literacy topics ranging from the reading process to grammar instruction with writing, Reading Process Practice first appeared in 1988 and became widely known as the most authoritative, comprehensive, and definitive book of its kind. Connie once again led the way with 1996 publication of the bestselling Teaching Grammar in Context and its companion Lessons to Share on Teaching Grammar in Context. Since then she has expanded and deepened her insights and deepened her insights and specific teaching ideas in The Grammar Plan Book and Grammar to Enrich and Enhance Writing. Connie is the Heckert Professor of Reading and Writing at Miami University, Ohio, and Professor Emerita of English at Western Michigan University