Read for DepthHelp students understand, retain, and enjoy what they read with our online literacy platform. Depth is getting beyond the gist and making the text one's own. Imagine reading an article about a topic totally unfamiliar to you. You read through it once, memorize a few terms for a test, and then forget about it forever. Now imagine that the teacher provides examples of the key ideas and connects the new content to what you already know. You are challenged to evaluate and analyze the ideas in the article. You revisit the text to find evidence for your arguments. You generate questions and revise your misconceptions about the topic. In a few weeks, you still remember the article and can refer to it when you encounter a related idea; it has become relevant to you.