This research report discusses a study which examined the purposes of reading in six respondents. Chapter 1 introduces the six respondents of the study and the inquirer; reasons for the study are briefly explained. Chapter 2 presents glimpses of several observations of classroom settings. Chapter 3 covers the methodology which guided the inquirer through the first three observations. The fourth chapter presents one interview with each respondent; the four student respondents are followed by two teacher respondents. Chapter 5 discusses the methodology which guided the inquirer through the middle 12 interviews. The chapter explains shifts in the study's focus, data analysis, and methods in relationship to the interviews with respondents and debriefings with colleagues; the preliminary set of categories to explain purposes for reading are dismissed, as the study branches out in middle directions mostly unfocused by the inquirer. Chapter 6 presents each respondent's inner view of reading and purposes for reading. The chapter attempts to meld the observation and interview data for each respondent into six self-portraits. Chapter 7 presents the final methodology of the study. It traces the plan for the final six interviews with the respondents and reflects upon the trustworthiness of the study's methodology and consensus. Chapter 8 is divided into two sections. The first section presents a consensus viewpoint of the respondents' construction of the reading purpose. The second section presents some reflection on future hermeneutics that seem to be the seeds of the report's conclusions. Appendixes include audit trail code, audit trails for chapters two, four, and six, daily log of activities, and informed consent letters. (MG)