April 2005 Vol. 48, No. 7

Building Awareness and Commitment of Middle School Students Through Literacy Tutoring
Ellen S. Friedland, Diane M. Truscott

Development of Empathetic Responses With Multicultural Literature
Belinda Louie

Tapping the Potential of Teacher Read-Alouds in Middle Schools
Lettie K. Albright, Mary Ariail

The Many Faces of Gertrude: Opening and Closing Possibilities in Classroom Talk
Jane S. Townsend, Barbara G. Pace

First Person
Students as Agents of Classroom Change: The Power of Cultivating Positive Expectations
Stacy Miller

Media Literacy
“Trust the Fungus”: Lessons in Media Literacy Learned From the Movies
Lori A. Norton-Meier

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