This reading was one that actually really had me interested from the get go. I like the idea that as readers we are trying to expand our horizons and make connections whether or not we are consciously doing so. The example he gives is Romeo and Juliet, which is fitting since this is a play that we have been assigned for this course. He really explains the emotions and thought process the reader goes through when trying to relate to and understand the characters. I also really like that he gives us goals and guidelines as teachers to help establish better learning in our classroom. This allows us to focus on what we find important, but it also gives us some guidelines to follow to help keep our students, and ourselves, on track with the lesson.

I think as a teacher, I should really be incorporating these things, emotions of characters, how relate, etc. into my lessons. Maybe it's something as simple as asking my students to explain how they felt through out the chapter or the entire play. Or, maybe it can be a more focused lesson on the emotions of the characters, how they could have handled things differently, and how the time period played into their actions.

Of all the articles we have read so far, I think this has probably been the most useful one to me. It helps to lie out guidelines and structure for students, while still asking them to focus and work hard to expand their knowledge. It opens their minds up to new ideas on reading, hopefully making it more enjoyable to them, while helping to create new possible directions for lesson plans for us teachers.