Chapter 6 Blog 4

Hannah Bontrager
Prof. Schurman
24 January 2012
Blog 4

I really liked Burke's strategies for talking about literature. I agree that for students who don't like to read, it is important to explore why and ask them questions about it. I feel like if students understand the reason for reading and how it relates to everyday life and that they use reading skills everyday in conversation that they will be more apt to want to read. The whole time I was reading, however, I couldn't help but think that most of these strategies would be most effective in an elementary classroom. I know that there are a great deal of high schoolers who "hate to read" and that these tactics could work for them too, I guess I just feel like the strategies could be taken more in depth in an elementary question. So I guess my question is how can I as a secondary teacher bring these strategies into my classroom in a more mature way?