May 2006 Vol. 49, No. 8

Recentering the Middle School Classroom as a Vibrant Learning Community: Students, Literacy, and Technology Intersect
Dana L. Grisham, Thomas D. Wolsey

Monstrous Acts: Problematizing Violence in Young Adult Literature
Judith Franzak, Elizabeth Noll

Comprehension Strategy Use During Peer-Led Discussions of Text: Ninth Graders Tackle “The Lottery”
Jennifer I. Berne, Kathleen F. Clark

Multicultural Literature and Young Adolescents: A Kaleidoscope of Opportunity
Susan M. Landt

“There's a Better Word”: Urban Youth Rewriting Their Social Worlds Through Poetry
Korina M. Jocson

First Person
The Road Signs of Reading
William A. Welker

Literacy & Identity
Pay Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain: The Importance of Identity in Academic Writing
Bronwyn T. Williams

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