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• Beyond "is this OK?": high school writers building understandings of genre: for writers, understanding genre means understanding forms, structure, rhetorical devices, and how to write effectively in school and beyond

  Authors:Anne Elrod Whitney, Michael Ridgeman, and Gary MasquelierFrom:Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy (Vol. 54, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 20115,672 words Report 1510LThe problem with much writing in schools is how false it is. For example, many students write "literary essays" mimicking journal articles of a type they have never read. They write for unspecified audiences, which...

• Matched

  Author:Lidia PerezFrom:Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy (Vol. 54, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 2011486 words Book review, Young a... 1330LMatched Ally Condie. 2010. New York: Penguin. Cassia lives in the perfect Society. It provides its people with everything they need--perfect jobs, even an ideal mate--and all it asks in return is trust and...

• A social justice approach as a base for teaching writing

  Authors:Thandeka K. Chapman, Nikola Hobbel, and Nora V. AlvaradoFrom:Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy (Vol. 54, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 20111,532 words Report 1390LImages of Beauty: "Why do we women want to be beautiful, pretty, or cute? We may not like to admit it, but beauty is a factor in many decisions we make about our lives; from hiring an employee to choosing a romantic...

• You need to realize it in yourself: positioning, improvisation, and literacy: when a learner's classroom identity does not match the teacher's expectations, it may require the teacher to step back and consider the nature of agency in order to support each individual's literacy development

  Author:Aimee C. MapesFrom:Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy (Vol. 54, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 20115,146 words Report 1280LFor a few years, I taught in a first-year academic support program for university students deemed to be academically underprepared. During the first year, I taught a student named Keneika (all proper names are...

• Once

  Author:Emily VenturaFrom:Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy (Vol. 54, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 2011597 words Book review, Young a... 1240LOnce Morris Gleitzman. 2010. New York: Henry Holt. Felix is a 10-year-old boy living in a Catholic orphanage in Poland in the early 1940s. He prays to "God, Jesus, the Virgin Mary, the Pope, and Adolf Hitler" to...

• Teaching Fairly in an Unfair World

  Author:Armin R. SchulzFrom:Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy (Vol. 54, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 20111,355 words Book review 1550LTeaching Fairly in an Unfair World Kathleen Gould Lundy. 2008. Markham, ON, Canada: Pembroke. Unfortunately, it is not uncommon in today's world for the mass media to be filled with actual stories of students or...

• Mountains and pit bulls: students' metaphors for college transitional reading and writing: exploring students' conceptualizations of reading and writing can help teachers meet students where they are and guide them to where they need to be

  Authors:Eric J. Paulson and Sonya L. ArmstrongFrom:Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy (Vol. 54, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 20115,683 words Report 1510L"Reading is like a portal to another realm." "Reading is like going somewhere with no directions." "Reading is like baking a cake." "Reading is like getting my teeth pulled." These are just a few of the ways...

• Violence 101

  Author:Shelly ShafferFrom:Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy (Vol. 54, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 2011712 words Book review 1230LViolence 101 Denis Wright. 2010. New York: Putnam. Readers are immediately plunged into the middle of a detention center staff meeting, as the novel Violence 101 begins at the Manukau New Horizons Boys' Home in...

• On the cusp of cyberspace: adolescents' online text use in conversation: how teens talk about texts they are reading or viewing online reveals interesting parallels--and some divergence--between new media and traditional print

  Author:Margaret A. BergFrom:Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy (Vol. 54, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 20115,565 words Report 1390LThe sheer number of choices adolescents have available to them for their reading and writing practices boggles the mind: magazines, comic books, graphic novels, young adult (YA) literature, classic literature, texting,...

• Thirteen Reasons Why

  Author:Bryan GillisFrom:Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy (Vol. 54, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 20111,998 words Book review, Young a... 1160LThirteen Reasons Why Asher. 2007. New York: Razorbill. Teen suicide is a hot-button issue. However, unlike abortion, casual sex, or freedom of speech, no one seems to be taking sides on this one. If you poll 100...

• Runaway

  Author:Shelly ShafferFrom:Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy (Vol. 54, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 2011588 words Book review, Young a... 1160LRunaway Meg Cabot, 2010, New York: Point. Thirteen Reasons Why deals with some very serious subject matter and is probably most suitable for high school students and above. Emerson (Era) Watts, aka Nikki...

• Embracing the squishiness of digital literacy

  Authors:Zac Chase and Diana LaufenbergFrom:Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy (Vol. 54, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 20111,575 words Report 1210LThe thing about digital literacy is its inherent squishiness. Educators argue whether the tool or the purpose matters most. They debate whether something being "electronic" constitutes "digital." Does it need a screen?...

• Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters

  Author:Jennifer WermesFrom:Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy (Vol. 54, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 2011659 words Book review, Young a... 1120LConfessions of the Sullivan Sisters Natalie Standiford. 2010. New York: Scholastic. The Sullivan family always had money, money currently held under the jurisdiction of the matriarch of the family, whom they call...

• Are we postmodern yet? Reading Monster with 21st-century ninth graders: adolescents may move quickly across media, jumping from print to digital text to video to audio, but they still need teachers to help them navigate the form and content of postmodern fiction

  Authors:Susan Lee Groenke and Michelle YoungquistFrom:Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy (Vol. 54, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 20115,446 words Report 1430LThere is much talk of late about the postmodern adolescent. Bean and Moni (2003) suggested that globalization and the inundation of media and new Internet technologies in teens' daily lives have thrown adolescent...

• Rose Sees Red

  Author:Mary PowellFrom:Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy (Vol. 54, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 2011515 words Book review, Young a... 1310LRose Sees Red Cecil Castellucci. 2010. New York: Scholastic. Rose gives up on ever having a friend after enduring a cruel relationship with Daisy, her friend from junior high. Daisy becomes enraged with Rose and...

• "Aren't these boy books?": high school students' readings of gender in graphic novels: adolescents of both sexes enjoy reading graphic novels--but are somewhat uneasy about it

  Author:Robin A. MoellerFrom:Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy (Vol. 54, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 20115,832 words Report 1430LInterest in the use of graphic novels in education has increased as reports of their potential continue to come forth. Notable among these reports are those that describe how graphic novels can be used to help improve...