Genre Study: Teaching with Fiction and Nonfiction Books, 2nd edition

Published by Pearson (January 17, 2023) © 2023

Paperback

ISBN-13: 9780325131566
Genre Study: Teaching with Fiction and Nonfiction Books
Published 2023

Title overview

Genre Study: Teaching with Fiction and Nonfiction Books

Genre Study: Teaching with Fiction and Nonfiction Books is the foundational text of the Genre Study Suite. In exploring Genre Study, Fountas & Pinnell advocate teaching and learning in which students are actively engaged in developing genre understandings and applying their thinking to any genre. It is through using genre understandings that your students think, talk, and read texts with deeper understanding, and write effectively. Genre Study is a professional resource that teachers can use with students to embark on an exciting exploration into the study of genre.

The Genre Study Suite Bundle is a comprehensive suite of resources that focuses on genre study through inquiry-based learning with an emphasis on reading comprehension and the craft of writing. An inquiry approach engages students in exploring texts so that they can notice and name the characteristics of each genre and construct a working definition that guides their thinking of reading and writing. This suite provides the tools needed to help you and your students lay the groundwork for a lifetime of literacy exploration. The bundle includes:
  • Genre Study: Teaching with Fiction and Nonfiction Books
  • Genre Study Quick Guide a companion to Genre Study: Teaching with Fiction and Nonfiction Books This spiral-bound companion to Genre Study: Teaching with Fiction and Nonfiction Books is designed to help you actively engage students in the exploration of texts so that they can notice and name genre characteristics, and construct working definitions that guide their thinking as readers and writers. This handy reference guide contains a master genre chart outlining the definition, key characteristics, and a list of mentor texts by genre.
  • Genre Prompting Guide for Fiction and Genre Prompting Guide for Nonfiction, Poetry, and Test Taking are comprehensive tools that you can use to explore genres with your students during interactive read-aloud, Reader's workshop, Writer's workshop, guided reading lessons, shared reading, and intervention lessons. The prompts in these ready reference flip charts are designed to help teachers guide students' inquiry toward explicit understandings of the characteristics of genres.

Table of contents

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

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