Don Leu - Teachers Make a Difference

The narrator, a nonreader at the start of 2nd grade, moved to a new school in East Lansing. Miss Dorothy, the narrator's teacher, played a crucial role in teaching them to read. She read Charlotte's Web aloud, which deeply moved the narrator. Miss Dorothy then encouraged the narrator to read by assigning them the task of caring for a guinea pig, which required reading a book on its care. This experience sparked the narrator's interest in reading, leading to fluency and a love for books.

What was the narrator's reading ability before meeting Miss Dorothy?

How did the narrator's interest in animals influence their reading?