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2004 — Volume 40 No 1

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FRONT MATTER

FROM THE EDITORS
Bill Dyer & John Banschbach

RACE, GENDER AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION

THE BEST OF INTENTIONS: CONSIDERATIONS FOR UTILIZING ANTI-RACIST PRINCIPLES WHEN TEACHING TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD IN A PREDOMINANTLY WHITE, NORTHERN HIGH SCHOOL
Heather Megarry

THEY’RE HERE, THEY’RE QUEER, GET USED TO IT: THE RISE OF GAY CHARACTERS IN YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE
Amanda M. MacGregor

WOMEN FIND PERSONAL POWER THROUGH VOICE
Jeanette Lukowski

THE BOY SCIENTIST
Roger Hart

COMPOSITION AND AUDIENCE ISSUES

TEACHING ETHNOGRAPHY IN THE COMPOSITION CLASSROOM
Gwen Hart

THE MISDIRECTED LETTER: AN ARGUMENT FOR ACKNOWLEDGING AUDIENCES
S. H. Aeschliman

LITERATURE AND PEDAGOGY

MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE IN AN HONORS CLASSROOM
Maria Mikolchak

ALCOHOLIC TENDENCIES IN FAULKNER’S “BARN BURNING”
Karen Wenz

GHOSTS, MADNESS, AND THE WALL IN THE HALL: ASSISTING STUDENTS TO FIND THEIR “HAMLETS” IN HAMLET
William D. Dyer & Scott Hall

MCTE GRANT PROVIDES DIFFERENTIATED READING RESOURCES TO PARK ELEMENTARY
Lorie VanderHeiden

BACK MATTER

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