Contents

• Editorial
  Kaye Lowe 
• About the Authors 

• Research-based Criteria for the Design and Selection of Literacy and

  Thinking Tools
  David W Whitehead 

• What Adolescents are Reading and What Their Teachers are Not:

  Between the Deformed Discourse and Disdain of the Graphic Novel
  Phil Fitzsimmon

• Lilydale High School’s Writing Project: Men Who Ride Bikes
  Valerie Mayer, with Scott Tully and Phillippa Adgemis

• Three Acts to Engagement and Enjoyment: Theatre Brings Literature

  Back to Life for Reluctant and Struggling Readers
  Wayne Brinda

• PRACTICAL STRATEGIES

  A Way With Words:
  Teaching Spelling and Vocabulary in the Middle School (insert)
  Ian Hauser

• Student Perceptions of the Impact of Instant Messaging

  on Academic Writing
  Jill Adams

• A Multiliteracies Approach to Pedagogy:

  Zoos Are Not Really For Animals
  Rita van Haren

• Finding the ‘Right Book’ for Middle Years Readers