“These texts were just oozing information” | Know Better, Do Better
Have you ever read something and then realized you didn’t totally understand it? That’s the hallmark of a challenging text, and it’s something students encounter all the time. In this episode, David and Meredith Liben discuss three ways to connect students with sophisticated texts, even if they can’t yet read or comprehend them on their own: juicy sentences, explain your answer, and structured journaling. First, linguist and language scholar Lily Wong Fillmore shares the origin story of her “...