This individualized inservice packet on interpretive comprehension in the content areas provides teachers with instructional guidelines and information relating to the development of interpretive comprehension skills. It is one of a nine-part series of booklets--Teaching Teen Reading--in self-instructional format intended as a practical resource for teachers desiring condensed, readily usable answers to questions regarding reading instruction. Intended to lead students beyond the literal level of information gathering to interpretive thinking and acquisition of meaning, the booklet focuses on 13 suggested applications with learners: (1) locating the implied main idea; (2) finding and relating the support details; (3) drawing conclusions; (4) summarizing; (5) inferring sequence; (6) hypothesizing; (7) making comparisons; (8) categorizing; (9) inferring cause and effect; (10) recognizing character traits; (11) interpreting figurative language; (12) reading critically; and (13) utilizing reading for problem solving. A self-corrective post test, a glossary, and a 20-item bibliography are attached. (SR)