Guiding students to experience reading flow is what we all strive for. Those of us who are readers want our students to not only read for information and out of necessity, but to experience the fulfillment reading can bring. Challenges such as overcrowded classrooms and lack of resources and support overwhelm many teachers, however.
Embedded in Gallagher's bullet points are some tried and true educational practices, namely modeling and scaffolding. His advice to frame the novel/text is particulary apt, although this is not news to the "well-qualified" teacher. Teaching requires a certain amount of artistry, which implies a vision and somewhat nuanced execution--although some of the best teaching can occur unexpectedly, even chaotically. Overall, however, we want students to be engaged, to know why they are engaged, and to want to be engaged.
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