Reports on teaching strategies that strengthen students' reading skills in identifying how autobiographical writers signal specific purposes. Notes that students benefit from making stronger links between their reading and writing. (SR)

Offers suggestions for ways to motivate reluctant readers, assign reading autobiographies, and prepare students for the SAT. (AEA)

Includes practical suggestions submitted by teachers concerning the use of student autobiographies in the reading lab, a sensible approach to inservice, critical reading instruction, and the development of a unit on planning a vacation. (MKM)