Chapter 13

Chapter 13 talked about creating a classroom that encourages students to take a risk with reading. One of the most important things she said was that teachers should not tolerate put-downs. In one of my high school classes, a particular student would make negative comments all the time to other students if they got something wrong. The teacher never stepped in to stop the student from making the comments. Sometimes the teacher even laughed. Eventually students became tired of being made fun of and just quit participating in class.

I also liked that she talked about using appropriate literature. By appropriate, she meant that the text needs to be easy enough for students with word recognition problems and also choosing literature that appeals to them versus the normal classics. I really liked this chapter because I think it's very important for students to feel comfortable and confident in class in order for them to succeed.