Voices from the Middle, Vol. 11, No. 1, September 2003

Table of Contents

Issue Theme: Comprehension: Unlocking Understanding

• Get A.C.T.I.V.E.: Engaging Middle School Readers with Text

  Amy Goodman

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  Keywords: Middle, Literacy, Reading

• Dimensions of Reading

  Sheryl Lain

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  Keywords: Middle, Reading

• Conversation Sparks: How to Jumpstart Comprehension

  Karen Moran and Jennifer E. Carson

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  Keywords: Middle, Reading

• From Practice to Preaching: Helping Content Area Teachers Teach Comprehension

  Mari Beth Bennett

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  Keywords: Middle, Professional Development, Reading

• When Less Is More: Questioning the Text as a Strategy for Reading Success

  Bethany Lyn Van Gorder

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  Keywords: Middle, Reading

• Scaffolds to Help ELL Readers

  Barbara Fagan

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  Keywords: Middle, Diversity, Language, Reading

• Comprehending Multiple Texts: A Theme Approach Incorporating the Best of Children's Literature

  Raymond P. Kettel and Nancy L. Douglas

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  Keywords: Middle, Literature, Reading

• A HAND UP: "You Said Shut Up"

  Chris Crutcher, editor

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• ONE LAST THOUGHT: Beware the Testing Trap!

  Jeffery D. Wilhelm, editor

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  Keywords: Middle, Assessment, Reading

• MIDDLE LEVEL SECTION NEWS

  Kathie Ramsey

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• THE LITERATURE CIRCLE: How Can You Grade Literature Circles?

  Harvey Daniels, editor

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  Keywords: Middle, Assessment, Literature, Reading

• WRITERS' WORKSHOP: Writing Toward Understanding

  Linda Rief

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  Keywords: Middle, Writing, Reading

• RESPONDING TO READING: You Know What I Mean?

  Robert E. Probst, editor

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• THE TEACHER'S TOOLBOX: The Essentials: Overheads, Whiteboards, and Monitors

  Jim Burke, editor

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  Keywords: Middle, Technology

• WORD MARKET: I Can Comprehend . . .I Just Can’t Read Big Words

  Janet Allen, editor

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  Keywords: Middle, Reading

• SPELLING LOGICS: Comprehending Homophones, Homographs, and Homonyms

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• LITERATURE: ELEMENTS OF STYLE: "The Call of the Wild": Using the Elements of Literature for Comprehension

  Carol Jago, editor

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  Keywords: Middle, Literature, Reading

• TECH CONNECT: Sharing the Power: Links to Comprehension Strategies Online

  Nancy Patterson, editor

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  Keywords: Middle, Technology, Reading

• PROFESSIONAL BOOK REVIEWS: Comprehension—Reading With A Plan: To Understand It, to Experience It, to Know It, to Use It, to Make It Real!

  Leigh Van Horn, editor

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• A Sense of Story

  Avi

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  Keywords: Middle, Secondary

• BOOK TALK: Of Beasts, Chess, Vampires, and Books: The Many Faces of Young Adult Literature

  Teri Lesesne, editor

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  Keywords: Middle, Literature, Reading

• FROM STUDENT TO STUDENT: The Spice of Life

  Kim Ford, editor

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• EDITOR'S MESSAGE: Helping Students to Mind the Gap

  Kylene Beers

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