Chapter 5

I was in another class today and we learned about structural and lexical ambiguity in sentences. Some of the ambiguities my professor attempted to point out went completely over my head. I just couldn't see the double meanings in the sentence. As I was reading this chapter I was thinking, what if my students see something I don't? How do I teach them to see something I can't even see myself. The opposite applies as well. How can I be that teacher trying to teach students to think outside of the box and see things they wouldn't normally see. To me that is what inferring is all about. I like what she says, "readers infer what authors imply." I think I am going to end up keeping this text book simply because I love all the ideas she has for us and activities she suggests.