Volume 13(2)
Academic Articles | Academic Book Reviews | CYAL Book Reviews | Poetry, Fiction, and Visual Arts
Editor’s Introduction
Editor’s Introduction: Engaging Conversations
Academic Articles
Featured Articles
Reciprocity of Student and Teacher Discourse Practices in Monologically and Dialogically Organized Text Discussion
Maren Aukerman, Erika Moore Johnson, Lorien Chambers Schuldt
Mapping Dialogic Tendencies: A Four-quadrant Method for Analyzing and Teaching Whole-Class Discussion
Todd Reynolds
Disrupting the Dominant Narrative: Beginning English Teachers’ Use of Young Adult Literature and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
Elsie Lindy Olan and Kia Jane Richmond
Preservice Teachers’ Envisioning and Enactment of Content-Area Literacy Instruction in Elementary Classrooms
Stephanie M. Lemley
Adult Functional Literacy: Prominent Themes, Glaring Omissions, and Future Directions
Kristen H. Perry, Donita M. Shaw, Lyudmila Ivanyuk, Yuen San Sarah Tham
Effects of Educational Games on Sight Word Reading Achievement and Student Motivation
Justine M. Gibbon, Stacy Duffield, Jeanette Hoffman, & Justin J. Wageman
Creepers and Supporters: A Qualitative Analysis of the Practices of Beginning Educators in a Virtual Teacher Community
Nicole Damico
Voices from the Field
The Multiple Identities and Literacies of Black Girlhood: A Conversation About Creating Spaces for Black Girl Voices
Detra Price-Dennis, Gholnecsar Muhammad, Erica Womack, Sherell A. McArthur, Marcelle Haddix
Deconstructing “Otherness” Through Conversations and Writing in a Biliteracy Classroom: A Book Project Approach to Building Diverse Communities of Learners
Leanne M. Evans
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Academic Book Reviews
The academic book reviews in this issue reflect the broad range of texts bearing relevance to the field of language and literacy education. One overarching theme is the need to explore what lies outside of the norm. Reviewers with diverse backgrounds take on texts focusing on theory, practice, research, and issues of societal justice and equity. Through summary and critique, reviewers bring you their unique perspectives on current literature in the field.
Mariah Copeland Parker, Academic Book Review Editor, jolle.bookrev@gmail.com
Review of Disability Studies and the Inclusive Classroom: Critical Practices for Embracing Diversity in Education
Christopher Bass, The University of Illinois at Chicago
Review of Critical Content Analysis of Children’s and Young Adult Literature: Reframing Perspective
Amber Moore, The University of British Columbia.
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Children & Young Adult Literature (CYAL) Book Reviews
The Journal of Language and Literacy Education reviews recently published or soon-to-be published children’s and young adult literature. Our hope is to provide a space for student voices to be heard in response to the literature that is written for them. We put special emphasis on our student reviewer’s thoughts and emotions tied to their reading of these books. We also highlight educator and adult reviews of these books to show their value to educators throughout the country.
We also worked to share books from small presses and independent publishers in this issue. For our spotlight this month, we invited expert children’s and young adult booksellers from Avid, an independent bookshop in Athens, GA to talk a little bit about the importance of small presses and independent publishers for readers, writers, and the publishing industry.
Stacia L. Long, CYAL Book Review Editor, JoLLE.CYAL@gmail.com
Spotlight
Interview with Children’s and Young Adult experts Hannah DeCamp and Will Walton on Small Presses and Independent Publishers
Elementary School Book
Review of I Love You Americanly by Lynn Parrish Sutton & Illustrated by Melanie Hope Greenberg
Student Reviewer: David Ziegler
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Ann D. David
Review of The Journey by Francesca Sanna
Student Reviewer: Jack Ziegler
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Ann D. David
Review of Nightlights by Lorena Alvarez
Student Reviewer: Sage Amato
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Michelle Fowler-Amato
Review of Ivy and the Lonely Raincloud by Katie Harnett
Student Reviewer: Jaeden Rangel
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Megan Janak
Review of On the Space Station by Carron Brown & Illustrated Bee Johnson
Student Reviewer: Izzy Kelt-Hancock
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Deb Kelt
Middle School Books
Review of Landscape with Invisible Hand by M.T. Anderson
Student Reviewer: Promice Ninnie
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Sidonie Chhetri
Review of Refugee by Alan Gratz
Student Reviewer: Nadeen Al Rifaei
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Ean Fulks
Review of The Silenced by James DeVita
Student Reviewer: Hannah Lundebo
Adult/Educator Reviewer: J. Eric Hasty
High School Books
Review of How to Survive in the North by Luke Healy
Student Reviewer: Santiago Cardona Juarez
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Daniel Do
Review of Elena Vanishing by Elena Dunkle & Clare B. Dunkle
Student Reviewer: Brisa Anzures
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Heathcliff Lopez
Review of Get It Together, Delilah! By Erin Gough
Student Reviewer: Adrianna Serna
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Erin Schmitt
Poetry, Fiction, & Visual Arts
In the Fall 2017 issue of JoLLE, we are proud to present a Poetry, Fiction, & Visual Arts section that explores the intertwined and dynamic relationship between language, teaching, and learning in diverse contexts. Our poets, authors, and artists, who are also researchers and educators, provide us both practical inspiration and poetic interpretation of many issues, such as students’ voice and self-discovery, multimodal teaching and learning, and interpersonal communication in education.
Sharon M. Nuruddin, Poetry, Fiction, & Visual Arts Editor, jolle.art.literature@
Principal Editor
Heidi Lyn Hadley
Managing Editor
William J. Fassbender
Production Editor
Alexandra L. Berglund
Conference Chairs
S. R. Toliver and T. Hunter Strickland
Digital Content Editor
William J. Fassbender
Academic Book Review Editor
Mariah Copeland Parker
Poetry, Fiction, & Visual Arts Editor
Sharon M. Nuruddin
CYAL (Children & Young Adult Literature) Editor
Stacia L. Long
Scholars Speak Out Editor
Tairan Qiu
Communications Editor
Caroline Bedingfield
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Peter Smagorinsky