1.) Initial (Construction): reader uses prior knowledge to begin to understand literature. initial contact with content, structure, genre, and language of text.
2.) Developing (Extending): uses text and background knowledge to build understanding. new information taken and used to ask questions immediately.
3.) Reflection/Response (Extension of Reading): uses text to refelct on personal knowledge. What is read impacts readers own life.
4.) Critical Analysis (Examining Stage): Reader reflects and reacts, judges, evaluates, and relates. | 
