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TOUCHSTONE CHAPTER

1. PLAYING FOR REAL

Texts and the Performance of Identity, Lorri Neilsen Glenn

Additional Reading

Alvermann, D. E. (2001). Reading adolescents’ reading identities: Looking back to see ahead. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy,44, 676–690.

Lewis, C., Enciso, P., & Moje, E. B. (2007). Reframing sociocultural research on literacy: Identity, agency, & power. New York: Routledge Falmer.

Moje, E. B., Overby, M., Tysvaer, N., & Morris, N. (2008). The complex world of adolescent literacy: Myths, motivations, and mysteries. Harvard Educational Review, 78,107–154.


2. BECOMING LIFE-LONG READERS

Insights from a Comic Book Reader, Stergios G. Botzakis

Additional Reading

Botzakis, S. (2009). Adult fans of comic books: What they get out of reading. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 53(1), 50–59.

Pustz, M. J. (1999). Comic book culture: Fanboys and true believers. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi.

Xu, S., Perkins, R. S., & Zunich, L. O. (2005). Trading cards to comic strips: Popular culture texts and literacy learning in grades k–8. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.


3. LOW-INCOME YOUTH'S (PUBLIC) INTERNET PRACTICES IN SOUTH AMERICA

Potential Lessons for Educators in the U.S. and Other Post-Industrial Nations, Eliane Rubinstein-Avila

Additional Reading

Alvermann, D.E. (2008). Why bother theorizing adolescents’ online literacies for classroom practice and research? Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 52(1), 8–19.

Boonaert, T., & Vettenbeurg, N.  (2011). Young people’s internet use: Divided or diversified? Childhood, 18(1), 54–66.

Dolby, N., & Rizvi, F. (2007). Youth moves: Identities and education in global perspective. New York: Routledge.


TOUCHSTONE CHAPTER

5. “STRUGGLING” ADOLESCENTS’ ENGAGEMENT IN MULTIMEDIATING

Countering the Institutional Construction of Incompetence, David O’Brien

Additional Reading

Alvermann, D. E. (2003). Seeing themselves as capable and engaged readers: Adolescents and re/mediated instruction. Naperville, IL: Learning Point Associates/North Central Regional Educational Laboratory. Available at www.ncrel.org.

Greenleaf, C., & Hinchman, K. A. (2009). Reimaging our inexperienced adolescent readers: From struggling, striving, marginalized and reluctant to thriving. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 53, 4–13.

Hinchman, K. A. (2009, January). Helping ALL older children who struggle with reading. PowerPoints from Hinchman’s keynote address presented at a meeting of the Nassau Reading Council, Rockville Centre, NY.

Luke, A., & Elkins, J. (2000). Re/mediating adolescent literacies. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 43, 396–398.


6. THINKING WITH FORENSIC SCIENCE

A Content Analysis of Forensic Comic Books and Graphic Novels, Barbara Guzzetti and Marcia Mardis

Additional Reading

Brilliant-Mills, H. (1994). Becoming a mathematician: Building a situated definition of mathematics. Linguistics and Education, 5, 301–334.

Heller, R., & Greenleaf, C. (2007). Literacy instruction in the content areas: Getting to the core of middle and high school improvement. Washington, DC: Alliance for Excellent Education. Available at www.all4ed.org/files/LitCon.pdf

Moje, E. B., Ciechanowski, K. M., Kramer, K., Ellis, L., Carrillo, R., & Collazo, T. (2004). Working toward third space in content area literacy: An examination of everyday funds of knowledge and discourse. Reading Research Quarterly, 39, 38–70.


7. RECLAIMING AND REBUILDING THE WRITER IDENTITIES OF BLACK ADOLESCENT MALES

Marcelle M. Haddix

Additional Reading

Ball, A. F. (2000). Empowering pedagogies that enhance the learning of multicultural students. Teachers College Record, 102(6), 1006–1034.

Dyson, A. H., & Smitherman, G. (2009). The right (write) start:  African American Language and the discourse of sounding right. Teachers College Record, 111(4), 973–998.

Fisher, M. T. (2007). Writing in rhythm: Spoken word poetry in urban classrooms. New York: Teachers College Press.


TOUCHSTONE CHAPTER

9. EXPLORING RACE, LANGUAGE, AND CULTURE IN CRITICAL LITERACY CLASSROOMS

Bob Fecho, Bette Davis, and Renee Moore

Additional Reading

Fecho, B. Teaching for the students: Habits of heart, mind, and practice in the engaged classroom. New York: Teachers College Press.

Phelps, S. (2010). Critical literacy: Using nonfiction to learn about Islam. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 54(3), 190–198.

Spector, K., & Jones, S. (2007). Constructing Anne Frank: Critical literacy and the Holocaust in eight-grade English. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 51,38–46.


10. RE-WRITING THE STOCK STORIES OF URBAN ADOLESCENTS

Autobiography as a Social and Performative Practice at the Intersections of Identities, Kelly Wissman and Lalitha Vasudevan

Additional Reading

Vasudevan, L., Stageman, D., Rodriguez, K., Fernandez, E., & Dattatreyan, G. (2010). Authoring new narratives with youth at the intersection of the arts and justice. Perspectives on Urban Education, 7(1), 54–65.

Winn, M. (2011). Girl time: Literacy, justice, and the school-to-prison pipeline. New York: Teachers College Press.

Wissman, K. (2009). Reading and becoming living authors: Urban girls pursuing a poetry of self-definition. English Journal, 98(3), 39–45.


11. “IN THIS LITTLE TOWN NOTHING MUCH EVER HAPPENS, BUT SOMEDAY SOMETHING WILL”

Reading Young Adult Literature from the Blue Ridge Foothills, Gay Ivey

Additional Reading

Bean, T.W., & Moni, K. (2003). Developing students’ critical literacy: Exploring identity construction in young adult fiction. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 46, 638–648.

Ivey, G., & Broaddus, K. (2001). “Just plain reading”: A survey of what makes students want to read in middle school classrooms. Reading Research Quarterly, 36, 350–377.

Pendergrass, E. (2008). Using pop culture novels to promote engagement. Signal Journal, 31(2), 12–15.


TOUCHSTONE CHAPTER

13. ADOLESCENTS' MULTIPLE IDENTITIES AND TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Alfred Tatum

Additional Reading

Blackburn, M., & Smith, J. (2010). Moving beyond the inclusion of LGBT-themed literature in English language arts classrooms: Interrogating heteronormativity and intersectionality. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 53(8), 625–634.

Tatum, A. (2009). Reading for their life: (Re)Building the textual lineages of African American adolescent males. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Tovani, C. (2000). I read it but I don’t get it: Comprehension strategies for adolescent readers. Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers.


14. RECONCEPTUALIZING TOGETHER

Exploring Participatory and Productive Critical Media Literacies in a Collaborative Teacher Research Group, Eli Tucker-Raymond, Daisy Torres-Petrovich, Keith Dumbleton, and Ellen Damlich

Additional Reading

Duncan-Andrade, J., & Morrell, E. (2008). The art of critical pedagogy. New York: Peter Lang.

Hagood, M. C., Alvermann, D. E., & Heron-Hruby, A. (2010). Bring it to class: Unpacking pop culture in literacy learning. New York: Teachers College Press.

Stevens, L. P., & Bean, T. W. (2007). Critical literacy: Context, research, and practice in the K-12 classroom. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishers.


15. MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS’ SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES IN NAVIGATING WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES IN A WEB 1.0 MIDDLE SCHOOL

Margaret C. Hagood

Additional Reading

Alvermann, D. (2011, April). A focus on media literacies. PowerPoints from Alvermann’s keynote address presented at the University of Minnesota’s Guy Bond Conference, Minneapolis, MN.

Alvermann, D.E., Moon, J.S., & Hagood, M.C. (1999). Popular culture in the classroom: Teaching and researching media literacy. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.

Knobel, M., & Lankshear, C. (2009). Wikis, digital literacies, and professional growth. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 52(7),631–634.