Contents

• Editorial – Diverse literacies, diverse learners, diverse teachers
  
• Understanding the literacy difficulties of students with
  Asperger’s syndrome in middle years’ classrooms
  

  K. Louise Mercer
  

• The (D) English Divide: Building bridges with learners
  in the English Communication classroom

  Sarah Louise Long

• Slipping through the cracks: Why too many adolescents still struggle to read

  Joanne L. Whithear

• PRACTICAL STRATEGIES

  A challenging middle school SOSE unit and a resource for
  teaching teachers explicit strategies to support literacy learning (insert)
  Patsy Norton

• A one year journey in the life of a literacy project officer: Learning about boys and motivating others

  Sherilyn Lennon

• The third reader: Driving curiosity

  Gloria Latham

• Reviews
  Kay Bishop, Karen Felstead, Amanda Gutierrez & Karen Hawkins