This chapter was really interesting to me. Stories and Poems are the most popular forms of literature that are in our world today. Making up stories was popular even before there was a paper and a pencil to write everything down. Reading through this chapter really opened my eyes to some things that I have never come in contact before. For instance, the section on story structures really helped me to think as a teacher and not just a student. Freytag's Pyramid is new to me, and I didn't know what exactly it would do to help students struggling with the structure of a story, but the pyramid actually makes sense to me. And the research on cognitive science blew my mind as well.
I really thought about the one study by Pressley which "suggests that stories that conform to story grammar structure are easier for students to read and remember than stories that take alternate forms," (p 66-67). Once I got to thinking about it it is true. Stories that withstand time and are still universally read today conform to this idea and students better understand the material. But I don't think we can stay in this pattern for long. Students need to be shown there are different ways to write and read because it will broaden their horizons and give them the chance to live outside their comfort zones.
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