Deeper Reading: Chapter 5

I like how Gallagher used baseball to talk about reading. On page 3 I like how she compared the way her young daughters viewed the game of baseball to the way her students read. She says they were "able to read the game on a superficial, surface level, but they were unable to see the deeper, richer meaning of the game. They were unaware of the craft, the complexities, and the nuances of the game of baseball". She then goes on to say this is much like her students; they don't see past the surface of the reading. I think that this is so true, and as teachers we need to work to change this. I want my students to look past the surface and into the deeper meaning of the text.