This article was interesting to me for multiple reasons. I have always been fond of narrative reading and never took to expository reading except for magazine articles I found of interest. While reading this article, I began to wonder if this was simply because I had not been taught how to read and comprehend it when I was younger. According to Barbara Moss, this lack of interest truly does stem from my content area reading instruction from elementary school. Not only that but also the lack of comprehension I have when reading expository text. I feel as though this should definitely be addressed in elementary school so that in the future, students will not have the same issues with informational and expository texts as I do. Honestly, I was particularly surprised by the statement in that article that said elementary students actually choose to read informational text almost half of the time. I do not remember ever choosing to read informational text as a child. I only read it when it was assigned and on occasion I did not even read it then. My questions are this: Could teaching students how to read expository text really make them not only comprehend that type of text better but also make them a better learner in general? Also, is it possible that by teaching students how to read expository text, teachers can make it more interesting to students?
I also liked that Moss wrote about the importance of technology in literacy education. Over the past few years, browsing the internet has become a daily ritual for most people. Elementary students are no exception to this statement. The internet can be used to teach or practice important literacy concepts such as reading or writing and this includes expository text.
Something else that interested me was the fact that Moss said the comprehension of expository texts was exceptionally low in schools with large amounts of students from low income families. I was one of those student's and so I can attest to the fact that we may have a few more struggles with certain areas of education. One of those reasons is simply because a lot of these students do not have the at home help that other students might have.
