Jago Chapter 7

I liked this chapter due to the subject that it was talking about. I personally used to HATE classic Literature. I still find myself finding new pieces to try and dissect and I still get frustrated at times. Jago takes her time and patience when she is teaching this topic. She lets us know that she believes it's imperative that high school graduates know how to read such Literature. Pieces of works like these have shaped the ways that poems, books and movies have been made over the years. It impacts them whether or not they want to admit it. On page 154 I liked how she confronted her class with the question of : "Who would make the best President out of Julius Caesar, Brutus, Cassius or Antony?" It's enabling students to look at Literature like this that is going to help them actually start to learn and understand the issues within the text. Jago also lists ways to actually assess whether or not students have been reading the texts, or whether they have gathered information from friends or merely internet sources. She takes a closer look at their work to see if they actually had a deep reading of the text or just on overview look at it. I am happy that I had to take an AP English class my Junior and Senior year before I came to college because I know how to read these kinds of works and how to analyze them. Unfortunately, not everyone was blessed with those opportunities and it has hindered them in college. I hope that teachers like Jago start taking the initiative to make this topic an important one in their classrooms.