Wilhelm, Chapter 6

Wilhelm does a very good job of observing and trying to understand his students. He proves this once again through things such as his studying response. I believe this is vital to truly understand the students and know how to develop their skills to their fullest potential. A part of the chapter that really stood out to me was the section of using alternate texts as literature. In my pre-internship, my teacher used this method by providing different texts for the same story (Romeo and Juliet). I believe that the students reacted very well to this. I wish to do the same in my classroom. I believe that my favorite quote of this chapter, maybe even book, is when Wilhelm says that an "Educator is someone who creates learning environments and researches learning with the students". This is very important for a teacher to know. It is a neverending learning process.
Another great thing that Wilhelm does is define what literacy is. He defines literacy as " the ability to evoke, coneive of, express, receive, reflect on, share, evaluate and negotiate meanings, in the various forms that meanins may take." This definition is well said and makes perfect sense. His ideas in this book were very informational and well studied.