December 2006 Vol. 50, No. 4

Bridging Two Worlds: Reading Comprehension, Figurative Language Instruction, and the English-Language Learner
Barbara C. Palmer, Vikki S. Shackelford, Sharmane C. Miller, Judith T. Leclere

A Love for the Thing: The Pleasures of Rap as a Literate Practice
Susan Weinstein

Playful Textbook Previews: Letting Go of Familiar Mustache Monologues
Karen Garber-Miller

“The Teacher Said My Story Was Excellent”: Preservice Teachers Reflect on the Role of the “External” in Writing
Brandi Gribble Mathers, Susan Kushner Benson, Evangeline Newton

First Person
Looking for Angels: Knowing Adolescents by Engaging With Their Multimodal Literacy Practices
Lalitha M. Vasudevan

Literacy & Identity
Girl Power in a Digital World: Considering the Complexity of Gender, Literacy, and Technology
Bronwyn T. Williams

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