The document discusses the NAF literacy approach, which focuses on four critical experiences that drive literacy instruction: responding to texts, composing oral and written works, studying language patterns, and sustained self-selected reading. It also discusses developing vocabulary through word stories, genres that inform comprehension and writing, and the five-part cycle for literacy development that guides NAF courses. Key literacy strategies used in NAF include defining formats, taxonomies, anticipation guides, and the reading comprehension teaching cycle of before, during, and after reading activities.