Genre Study Table of Contents
Section One: An Inquiry Approach to Genre Study
Chapter 1: An Inquiry Approach to Genre Study: Learning from Mentor Texts
- What is Genre?
- Purpose, Genre, and Audience
- The Role of Genre in Understanding Reading and Writing
- A Workshop Approach to Genre Study
- An Inquiry Approach to Learning About Genre
- Understanding Mentor Texts
- Goals and Purposes of This Book
- Suggestions for Professional Development
Chapter 2: What is Genre Study?
- Genre Study and Comprehension
- The Genre Study Process in Action
- Suggestions for Professional Development
Chapter 3: What Students Need to Know About the Genres of Texts
- Genres and Forms of Literature
- Prose
- Fiction Texts
- Nonfiction Texts
- Hybrid Texts
- Text Structures
- Forms of Prose and Poetry
- Plays
- Literacy and New Media
- The Expanding World of Literature
- Suggestions for Professional Development
Chapter 4: A Readers’ and Writers’ Workshop Approach to Genre Study
- Interactive Read-Aloud
- Books in Relation to Readers
- Assessment
- Curriculum for Teaching and Learning
- Suggestions for Professional Development
Chapter 5: Learning to Process Fiction and Nonfiction Texts
- Ways of Thinking About Texts
- Systems of Strategic Actions for Comprehending Texts
- Strategies as an Integrated System
- Learning to Read by Reading Texts
- Suggestions for Professional Development
Section Two: Understanding Genres
Chapter 6: Understanding Fiction Texts
- A Comparison of Fiction and Nonfiction Texts
- Fiction Genres
- Elements of Fiction
- Classic Fiction
- Suggestions for Professional Development
Chapter 7: Realism in Fiction Texts: Contemporary Realistic and Historical Fiction
- The Value of Realistic Fiction
- Contemporary Realistic Fiction
- Historical Fiction
- Types of Realistic Fiction
- Realism: Learning About Ourselves and Others
- Suggestions for Professional Development
Chapter 8: Fantasy in Fiction Texts: Traditional Literature and Modern Fantasy
- Motifs in Traditional Literature and Modern Fantasy
- Traditional Literature
- Modern Fantasy
- Traditional Literature and Modern Fantasy in the Classroom
- Suggestions for Professional Development
Chapter 9: Understanding Biography
- Full Biographies
- Partial Biographies
- Distinguishing Between Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir
- Biography
- Autobiography
- Memoir
- Elements of Biographies
- Suggestions for Professional Development
Chapter 10: Nonfiction Texts: Understanding Purpose, Organization, and Audience
- Value of Nonfiction Texts
- Narrative Nonfiction
- Categories of Nonfiction Texts
- Underlying Structural Patterns in Nonfiction Texts
- The Importance of Text Structure
- Suggestions for Professional Development
Chapter 11: Nonfiction Texts: Analysis of Design
- Design Features of Nonfiction Texts
- Analysis of a Text
- Special Groups of Nonfiction Texts
- Demands of Nonfiction Texts on Readers
- Evaluating Nonfiction Texts
- Suggestions for Professional Development
Chapter 12: Reading Across Genres: A Close Study of Hybrid Texts, Graphica, and Multigenre Text Sets
- The Benefits of Reading and Thinking Across Genres
- Hybrid Texts
- Graphica
- Using Multigenre Text Sets
- Exploring New Genres and Forms
- Suggestions for Professional Development
Chapter 13: The Genres of Poetry
- Poetry Workshop
- Learning About Poetry from Poetry
- The Elements of Poetry
- Variety in Poetry
- An Environment to Foster Poetry
- Collecting Poems
- Poetry Books to Look For
- Finding Joy in the Teaching of Poetry
- Suggestions for Professional Development
Section Three: Expanding Reading Power Through Understanding Genres
Chapter 14: Thinking and Talking about Genre: Interactive Read-Aloud and Literature Discussion
- Selecting Texts
- Developing a Shared Language for Talking about Texts
- Using Interactive Read-Aloud to Study Literary Genres
- Using Book Clubs (Literature Discussion) to Study Literary Genres
- Learning Over Time
- Suggestions for Professional Development
Chapter 15: Learning about Fiction Genres through Minilessons and Group Share
- The Structure of Genre Study
- The Structure of Readers’ Workshop
- Genre Study in the Readers’ Workshop
- Using Minilessons and Group Share to Support Genre Study
- Mapping a Sequence of Minilessons
- Using Inquiry and Readers’ Workshop to Study Historical Fiction
- Using Inquiry and Readers’ Workshop to Study Traditional Literature
- Moving From Fiction to Nonfiction
- Suggestions for Professional Development
Chapter 16: Learning about Nonfiction Texts through Minilessons and Share
- Interactive Read-Aloud and Readers’ Workshop
- Genre Study for Nonfiction Texts
- Minilessons to Learn about Expository Nonfiction Texts
- Learning About Narrative Nonfiction
- Differentiating the Types of Nonfiction Texts
- Using Minilessons and Group Share to Learn about Biography
- Constructing the Curriculum
- Suggestions for Professional Development
Chapter 17: Developing Understandings about Genre through Reading Conferences and Independent Reading
- Independent Reading
- An Environment for Reading
- Readers’ Workshop as a Setting for Individual Conferring
- Intentional Teaching in the Reading Conference
- The Role of Facilitative Talk in Helping Students Learn about Genre
- Suggestions for Professional Development
Chapter 18: Writing about Reading in a Reader’s Notebook
- Use of the Reader’s Notebook
- Parts and Tools of the Reader’s Notebook
- Studying Genre through Writing about Reading
- Functional Writing About Reading
- Narrative Writing About Reading
- Nonfiction Writing About Reading
- Poetic Writing About Reading
- Supporting Writing in Response to Reading
- Teacher Reflection on Writing about Reading
- Self As Reader and Writer
- Suggestions for Professional Development
Chapter 19: Using Guided Reading to Develop Understandings about Genre
- A Gradient of Text
- Begin with Assessment
- Using the Structure of Guided Reading to Support Genre Study
- Teaching for Strategic Actions
- Connecting Guided Reading to Genre Study
- Using Specific Language to Support Strategic Actions
- Suggestions for Professional Development
Chapter 20: The Reading/Writing Connection
- A Seamless Approach to Reading and Writing Genres
- The Writing Process
- The Structure of Writers’ Workshop
- Purpose and Genres of Writing
- Narrative Genres
- Non-Narrative Genres
- Poetic Genres
- Functional Genres
- Writing and Its Connection to Reading
- Suggestions for Professional Development
