Response to Literature and Lives

This book was the most enjoyable to read, and i also found it to be the most informative and beneficial to a future teacher. I really enjoyed how Webb connected a lot of what he was talking about to things that really happened in his life, and gave a lot of background as to why he was teaching the things he was passionate about. That is another thing. Webb seemed so passionate about his teaching, and you could feel his emotions as you read. You would feel troubled when he did, nervous when he did, and proud when he did. It really got you hooked into the book. I also liked how Webb gave a little description of each literary theory in the chapter it was talked about. This helped to give the reader some background information to what the theory was, and they could easily find it when reading about it. This book seemed much more intimate than the others, and i think that helps soon to be teachers because they see the not pretty side of teaching. They see that not everything works out how you thought, and sometimes things have to be adjusted on the fly. Another huge asset that this book has to new teachers, and old teachers is the lists of suggested texts, etc. at the end of each chapter that can help relate to that topic and other such topics.