This paper is intended to present the idea of applying the SSS METHOD or stand for Start with Simple Stories extensive reading to improve reading comprehension of the lower achieving students. This can be a challenging task for teachers whose aims are to improve the students’ reading habit by providing them with a very conducive atmosphere of reading, involving and facilitating them in various reading activities with the reading material. Hence, the subjects of the research were the first year or freshmen students of senior high school. Two classes were assigned as the control and the experimental groups. The control group was taught reading comprehension by using the conventional way; while the experimental 1 group 1 was 1 taught reading by using the SSS METHOD extensive reading. As the treatment conducted, both groups were given posttest. The 1 result 1 of the 1 study has showed that 1 there 1 was 1 a 1 significant 1 difference 1 in 1 the 1 students’1 reading comprehension 1 achievement. The 1 students in 1 the experimental group significantly obtained higher scores than the ones in the control 1 group.