From page 84: "By allowing and encouraging students to read what they want, I also endorse their culture and their interests - something we do not do enough in school....Lucy Calkins in The Art of Teaching Writing reminds us 'Our workshops will not feel alive and significant if our students sit through it bored and uninvolved, waiting for the bell to ring and life to begin.' Teachers lose crediblity with students when they ignore their cultural trends and issues that interest them and instead design classroom instruction around books that are 'good for you'...Are we teaching books or teaching readers?
How can we chose books that are interesting and culturally/socially relevant - and include classic literature as suggested in the Common Core lists?
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