Edutopia – Stefani Boutelier
“A text of any genre has the potential to pull at your heart, fill you with laughter, or ignite your anger. If you find your interest piqued when you’re reading, the author has succeeded. Effective literature and expository texts often inspire empathy and utilize pathos to inform, persuade, or entertain the reader, and these texts should be used in literacy-based lessons in our classrooms to kick-start critical conversations and learning, and to build deeper mastery of literacy standards as students find stronger personal connections to what they read.” (more)