A PUBLICATION OF THE FLORIDA READING ASSOCIATION

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Volume 40, No. 3, March 2004

Table of Contents

 Articles

Reading and the English Language Learner (ELL) ............................................................... 8

     Vicky Zygouris-Coe and Lourdes Smith
Help support the language and literacy development of ELL students.  Encourage multiple ways of knowing, learning, and expressing knowledge through a varied and rich curriculum.

 Summary of Reading Research (1995-2002):  Making Sense of the Recent Past
     and Near Future ................................................................................................................ 14

     Lisbeth A. Dixon-Krauss
     A critical review that reflects and tries to balance both the social/cultural and the political aspects of reading research, particularly as it applies to reading instruction.

 Reading Like a Writer .......................................................................................................... 21

     Philip Kligman
     The four techniques discussed will have your readers writing like their favorite authors.

 Text Patterns – First Aid for Comprehension ...................................................................... 34

     Sharon Kossack
Expository text tends to challenge struggling readers.  If teachers show students how to identify patterns in text, they learn to attack text strategically and improve comprehension.  Each text patterns has unique signal words that will help students with this identification.

 Features and Information

 Editor of The Florida Reading Quarterly....................................................................... 4

President’s Message..................................................................................................... 6

Feature:

........... Improving Motivation in Struggling Readers
Kelly DiVittorio............................................................................................... 24

Feature:

........... Poetry Break!
Poetry will set you free!
 Gigi Morales David......................................................................................... 28

Feature:

........... Story Break!
One’s Last Hurrah
Michael F. Shaughnessy.................................................................................. 29

Florida Secondary Reading Conference Information.................................................. 39

Florida Secondary Reading Conference Registration Form ...................................... 40

FRA Vice President-elect Nomination Form.............................................................. 41

Marie Silverman Scholarship Application Form ........................................................ 44

Directory of Publishers............................................................................................... 45

FRA Board of Directors, Staff, and Local Council Presidents................................... 48

List of Honor Councils................................................................................................ 49

IRA Application Form................................................................................................. 50

FRA Application Form................................................................................................ 51