To design the text set, each person thought about a theme in the anchor text to explore. In this way, different people designed different text sets around a common anchor text. Next, each preservice teacher began to put a text set together. These requirements framed the assignment:
The text set needed to include 6-8 texts, including the anchor text.
The text set had to include both narrative and informational genres.
The text set had to include both print and digital texts.
The text set needed to include texts of varying complexity.