[LIT] redifining reading

[Diana Holmes]

What a great question. I think reading is a cognitive process whereby a 
reader actively synthesizes and evaluates text--all kinds of text, of 
which fiction may be the least important..

It's such an important question--on the Maryland State Assessments last 
year 80% of the reading involved literature (Willa Cather, Jack Wild, 
poetry)--yet literature is certainly not 80% of anyone's everyday 
reading experience. I'm not sure at what point reading, literacy and 
literature became somewhat synonymous, but it serves students poorly.

Looking forward to the article....